{"id":135288,"date":"2025-10-17T08:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/17\/san-francisco-da-warns-national-guard-they-cant-beat-on-people-and-get-away-with-it\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T08:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:13:11","slug":"san-francisco-da-warns-national-guard-they-cant-beat-on-people-and-get-away-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/17\/san-francisco-da-warns-national-guard-they-cant-beat-on-people-and-get-away-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco DA Warns National Guard They Can\u2019t Beat On People And Get Away With It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our likely-not-heaven-bound Supreme Leader has been trying to lay down the framework he needs to invoke the Insurrection Act and step all over states\u2019 rights. But it is hard to believe things are nearly as dire as he\u2019s making things out to be. Portland is way more overrun with nude bicyclists and craft beer than it is with crime, no matter how often the administration tries to paint a different picture. Some of the most important non-cooperation has come from Portland\u2019s Mayor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Portland isn\u2019t the only city fighting back against Trump\u2019s threats to deploy the national guard. San Francisco was also targeted \u2014 and their DA is ready to remind the National Guard that none of them are above the law. Politico<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

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San Francisco\u2019s top cop suggested she\u2019d consider bringing excessive force or other charges against troops deployed by Donald Trump to her city, an unprecedented and legally questionable move as the conflict between the president and Democrats in California escalates.<\/p>\n

Brooke Jenkins, the city\u2019s district attorney and a moderate Democrat, told Playbook, \u201cIf I believe, and have conviction, that we can meet our burden and charges are appropriate, that I won\u2019t hesitate to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Three cheers for not obeying in advance! Strong states and cities are meant to function as a layer of protection from a power-hungry federal government, but that is only reliable if cities and states are actually willing to draw lines in the sand and confront legal hurdles as they pop up. San Fran looks positioned to do just that.<\/p>\n

San Francisco DA Says She \u2018Won\u2019t Hesitate\u2019 To Bring Charges Against Federal Agents<\/a> [Politico]<\/p>\n

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim,\u00a0is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0cwilliams@abovethelaw.com <\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The post San Francisco DA Warns National Guard They Can\u2019t Beat On People And Get Away With It<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Our likely-not-heaven-bound Supreme Leader has been trying to lay down the framework he needs to invoke the Insurrection Act and step all over states\u2019 rights. But it is hard to believe things are nearly as dire as he\u2019s making things out to be. Portland is way more overrun with nude bicyclists and craft beer than it is with crime, no matter how often the administration tries to paint a different picture. Some of the most important non-cooperation has come from Portland\u2019s Mayor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Portland isn\u2019t the only city fighting back against Trump\u2019s threats to deploy the national guard. San Francisco was also targeted \u2014 and their DA is ready to remind the National Guard that none of them are above the law. Politico<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

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San Francisco\u2019s top cop suggested she\u2019d consider bringing excessive force or other charges against troops deployed by Donald Trump to her city, an unprecedented and legally questionable move as the conflict between the president and Democrats in California escalates.<\/p>\n

Brooke Jenkins, the city\u2019s district attorney and a moderate Democrat, told Playbook, \u201cIf I believe, and have conviction, that we can meet our burden and charges are appropriate, that I won\u2019t hesitate to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Three cheers for not obeying in advance! Strong states and cities are meant to function as a layer of protection from a power-hungry federal government, but that is only reliable if cities and states are actually willing to draw lines in the sand and confront legal hurdles as they pop up. San Fran looks positioned to do just that.<\/p>\n

San Francisco DA Says She \u2018Won\u2019t Hesitate\u2019 To Bring Charges Against Federal Agents<\/a> [Politico]<\/p>\n

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s . \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim,\u00a0is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0[email\u00a0protected] <\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our likely-not-heaven-bound Supreme Leader has been trying to lay down the framework he needs to invoke the Insurrection Act and step all over states\u2019 rights. But it is hard to believe things are nearly as dire as he\u2019s making things out to be. Portland is way more overrun with nude bicyclists and craft beer than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":135239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chris-Williams-2025-NJIjR5.jpg?fit=512%2C288&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}