Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Wednesday weighed in on the deployment of National Guard troops being sent to Illinois and said she believes it’s only a matter of time before the National Guard is deployed to Michigan.
With the arrival of National Guard troops in neighboring Illinois, Nessel said that possibility is much closer to home.
“I think people need to be aware of this, concerned about it, and understand why it’s so dangerous to have the military policing our United States cities,” Nessel told CBS News Detroit. “I think it’s incredibly scary. We’re seeing the weaponization of the military against political dissenters, and that doesn’t happen in a democracy. That is all the hallmarks of an authoritarian regime.”…