ARREST ALL THEIR DEUCES
We continue our examination of how to cope with civil disorder that might arise from the Donald, Elon, Kash, and Pam taking a carpet beater to the arse of the Federal Deep State.
There is no doubt that they are having an effect and that for the Left, this is going to be a very, very long four years.
We’ve looked at the dark side of riots and protests and how to cope with them— or at least try to—from the perspective of the civilian underdog.
Some may have regarded the tone as overly pessimistic, and for the record I am willing to be proven wrong if the Left and globalists do indeed collapse like a deflated balloon in the face of our efforts without any of the violence that I think might be coming.
But in this article, we are going to examine what a response could be with the stars lining up in earthshattering fashion—if it does play out like I think it might.
One, the elected officials will have huevos and stand up against the rioters.
Two, the local prosecutors and police will too.
And three, with the Federal government under new management and with more and more of the bad actors both administrative and commissioned being made to walk the plank, there’s an intriguing possibility that the Federal government might be part of the solution and not the problem this time.
The truth is that during the civil disorder of the last decade or so, whether it was in Ferguson, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle, Houston, or where-ever else, the tools that were available to deal with the stinkers were never fully utilized—or in some cases—utilized at all.
One reason for this, I think, was because most of the enforcement mechanism was being run by people on the side of the rioters, and they also knew the money trails of financing for the disorder would probably lead back to USAID or other entities that we are finding out have been heavily funding left wing causes with taxpayer money for years.
Let us start with the street thugs that are the expendable foot soldiers of the Left, and also the ones most inclined to commit violence.
Item One will also be the least unsurprising, and that is: rioting is illegal under Federal law.
We could focus on the ones that shut down interstate highways and are otherwise aimed at disrupting businesses or commerce (such as Elon’s car dealerships).
For about the last fifty years or more, the Federal government has been using the Commerce Clause and the effects of given actions on interstate commerce as its de-facto justification to regulate everything from hazardous materials to hamburgers.
It will be interesting to see what they do when Federal charges are brought on these rioters and their organizers, with that as the very basis for the charges.
Right along with that is the possibility of Federal conspiracy charges that will hurt the ones that fund and organize these riots at a higher level.
Long story short: Under Federal law, if you participate in the combination of a common scheme at all, even if you aren’t knowledgeable of the exact nature of the final offense, you can be charged.
The Feds have used these laws to go after organized crime, including outlaw motorcycle gangs, for ages.
A close cousin of the basic conspiracy law will be the VICAR statute, which is aimed more at the use of violence for the commission of a conspiracy.
I predict this will be happening much more often over the next four years and beyond.
One tactic to file these cases will be for the Feds to have liaisons with local (friendly) law enforcement agencies.
They should be given access in the local report and probable cause filing databases to vet reports that come in.
Frequently, they will have arrestees for state charges, and often evidence, such as weapons, attached to them.
Let’s say you have a Stink-inator in possession of a firearm, arrested by the locals. Juicy bonus: He is also a convicted felon.
If your Federal liaisons want to file a Federal illegal gun possession case on him, the report and evidence are already there.
All they should have to do is take the report, do their follow-up, and head to the Assistant U.S. Attorney for that area to ask for a Federal case.
There is no double jeopardy in filing the same charge Federally that a person is being charged with on the state level.
The usual complaint you will hear on this is that there are too many cases for the Feds to take on.
Perhaps so—I don’t work there. So, what they can do is pick and choose the worst ones for review, and file on those lucky individuals who look like they are worth picking off.
So, you conserve resources and the smelly ones coming in get to wonder if they will “get lucky” and draw Federal attention.
Federal asset forfeiture laws are also an excellent way to go after the global Left’s organizers.
With a lower standard of proof (civil versus criminal), anything and everything gained by the commission of an offense or used to commit it can be seized and forfeited civilly.
Vehicles used to carry rioters.
Databases and computer systems used to communicate about and plan the disorder with.
Buildings where the meetings on organizing it all were held, or where other assets for it all were stored or distributed from.
And of course, the funds used to buy materials for the foot soldiers.
As many of the global “protest” movements are tied to rich companies and billionaires, the organizers have a lot to lose—not only personally, with charges being brought against them and their people, but also materially in having funds and assets they own subject to forfeiture.
I will close with one final caution.
We know that the Chinese characters for “danger” and “opportunity” are the same.
The Left is fully enraged and in full mental meltdown over The Donald and his cabinet working.
As they fracture, they will get even more desperate.
We are in this deep and we need to win. If we falter—if we fail and allow twerking mental patients with gigantic rear ends, piercings the sizes of artillery shells, and sensibilities authored by Satan himself to get back in charge, then everything you see me talking about here will indeed be turned on us with a vengeance in addition to and support of the lawbreaking and violence we are seeing here and globally, and we will be the ones who will have to consider “kinetic remedies” to protect ourselves and right the national ship.
Mark Deuce has had a life-long career in community law enforcement. He is the author of Deuces Wild for TTP.