https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/05/milla-payne-protester-sues-government/

According to her lawsuit, Payne had been following the officers’ orders while “voicing her objection to the treatment of a fellow protester” to two of the officers. Then, a third officer stepped toward Payne and sprayed her directly in the face.

Payne later told OPB in a December interview that the officer had told her to “step back,” to which she replied, “I’m exactly where you told me to be.”

The officer then counted aloud, “one, two,” before spraying the orange chemical irritant.

#pdx #portland #oregon #orpol #uspol #maga #trump #ice #gestapo #dhs #fps #nationalGuard #fascism #authoritarianism

National Guard has done little to reduce violent crime in D.C., a new study finds

President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. has reduced petty property crimes, but has had little to no effect on violent crime, despite the high cost to taxpayers, according to a new analysis from the nonpartisan think tank Niskanen Center.

#ViolentCrime #NationalGuard
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/nx-s1-5845073/national-guard-washington-dc-crime?renderPlatform=nprone_ios&unified=true

National Guard has done little to reduce violent crime in D.C., a new study finds

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/nx-s1-5845073/national-guard-washington-dc-crime

#Crime #NationalGuard #USNews

Trump is working fast to do his worst

https://democracywarrior.blog/2026/05/24/trump-is-working-fast-to-do-his-worst/

Today in Labor History May 23, 1934: The "Battle of Toledo" erupted when sheriffs' arrested picket leaders at the Auto-Lite plant in Toledo, Ohio, and beat an old man. 10,000 strikers blockaded the plant for seven hours, preventing strikebreakers from leaving. The crowd threw stones, bricks and bottles at the sheriff's deputies. When the authorities tried to repel the workers with a fire hose, they seized it and shot it back on the deputies. Police fled inside the plant gates. The bosses barricaded the plant and the cops shot tear gas bombs into the crowd. The strikers overturned cars and set them on fire, and they used inner tubes as slingshots to launch bricks and stones into the building. When they finally made it inside, they fought the police hand-to-hand. The following day, the National Guard arrived. The strikers initially held their ground against the troops, who shot and killed two of their members and wounded 15 others.

The Auto-Lite strike lasted from April 12 until June 3. The American Workers Party, led by the Marxist A.J. Muste, supported the strikers. He helped organize the unemployed, who numbered in the thousands due to the Great Depression, to not scab on the striking workers. On June 2, the union and management came to an agreement, that included union recognition and a 5% raise, but only after the threat of a General Strike. As of 2007, Toledo was still one of the most unionized cities in the U.S.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #strike #union #generalstrike #toledo #policebrutality #police #workerdeaths #murder #communism #toledo #nationalguard #AJMuste

Ahead of U.S. 250th Anniversary, More National Guard Troops to Arrive in D.C.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/politics/law-enforcement-agents-washington-dc.html

#Politics #NationalGuard #Security

Grayling Michigan Airport Postcard.

This real photo postcard captures a "MICH NG" (Michigan National Guard) encampment at the Grayling airport. Between the rows of aircraft, the field tents, and that skeleton observation tower, you can really feel the scale of the operations hosted here.

#GraylingMI #MichiganHistory #MilitaryAviation #NationalGuard #History #RPPC #AviationHistory #Michigan #Travel #Airfield #GraylingArmyAirfield #HistoricalPhotos #AvGeek #Postcards #Military

One of my uncles, who used to be in the US National Guard, was stationed at Ramstein Air Base during Desert Storm. German people used to welcome him, and sometimes invite him to their homes for beer or supper. It's a shame that's being lost.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/02/landstuhl-german-town-rocked-trump-plan-withdraw-us-troops

#usa #america #germany #deutschland #nationalguard #defense #defence #welcome #friendship #shame