But resisting what? Arrest for committing violence and property destruction or kidnapping for peacefully protesting or both? I fully support arresting those doing damage but it needs to be done right and federal agencies don't need to be involved. If Portland or whatever city wants to let looters and rioters destroy the city then that is their problem. Just don't provide Federal funds for cleanup and repair. I realize there are those there who don't agree with local government decisions but they are apparently in the minority. It's time for them to think about packing up and moving elsewhere. Unless the governor or appropriate state or local authorities are requesting Federal help, they need to go home. States have a right to govern themselves stupidly provided they aren't actively violating the Constitutional rights of others.
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some very good words in what you just wrote there. I think what the narrative (which is a word i didn't use until a few years ago) has shifted to is that they federal police are there to protect federal property.
If this is all political theater, and it certainly looks like it is... i totally agree with you and that the feds should stand back, let them do whatever they want and then, as you said, deny federal money for the fix later.