The bright red line between domestic policing and our military is being blurred and represents an existential threat to our freedoms, our democratic values — and our way of life.

President Donald Trump’s National Guard deployments to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. — and threatened deployments to Chicago, New York and Baltimore — have begun blurring the lines between domestic policing and a military occupation.

The police and military serve separate and distinct roles in our society, each with different purposes and powers, and each with differing legal and operational frameworks. Military forces are designed to defeat foreign enemies, while police serve and protect our communities.

The police are responsible for maintaining domestic law and order within a jurisdiction’s borders — a st

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