Los Angeles, or the End of Assimilation • Ill Will

While others may have forgotten the lessons of the George Floyd uprising, Trump and his coterie surely have not. The 2020 rebellion stands as the primal scene of humiliation and impotency, one which led to the demise of his reelection efforts. Although the National Guard ultimately restored order in twenty-three states, the Trump hardliners never had their bloodlust quenched, thwarted by career bureaucrats like General Mark Milley and Attorney General William Barr who declined to send in the army.

Seen in this light, the present reconfiguration of the American disciplinary executive apparatus shows itself to be a rather clear effort to avoid another such moment. Appropriate to our contemporary era, a deeply consequential restructuring reveals itself to be the petty project of a scorned racket.
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