Could some protesters (at least, theoretically) tackle down a Marine, and put him under citizen’s arrest, insisting that the Chief of the LA (or Compton) police, Sheriff of LA, and Newsom enforce California state law?
(Indeed, could this apply to the NG, ICE, or whatever other goons Trump has sic-ed on LA? and other places?)
Well, yes they could tackle them. And in fact they could ask a sheriff to do anything. Sheriffs actually do have an obscene amount of power in many jurisdictions. But have this work out in their favor? Nah. Supremacy Clause and law of more firepower isn’t going to go well in that, I suspect.
Could some protesters (at least, theoretically) tackle down a Marine, and put him under citizen’s arrest, insisting that the Chief of the LA (or Compton) police, Sheriff of LA, and Newsom enforce California state law?
(Indeed, could this apply to the NG, ICE, or whatever other goons Trump has sic-ed on LA? and other places?)
Well, yes they could tackle them. And in fact they could ask a sheriff to do anything. Sheriffs actually do have an obscene amount of power in many jurisdictions. But have this work out in their favor? Nah. Supremacy Clause and law of more firepower isn’t going to go well in that, I suspect.
Also, marines tend to have very good CQB training. And, you know, the rest of their platoon - or at least, fireteam - backing them up.