This is what a power grab masquerading as law enforcement looks like.
Keep your eyes on this.
This isn’t just a California issue. This is a test balloon for authoritarian federalism. Autocracy comes slowly and then all at once—usually at a time when you are already overwhelmed.
If you see it move from “immigration enforcement” to “riot response” to “restoring order” to “troops necessary,” this is how freedom dies—not in darkness, but in the fog of public safety.