The Orders Project ready to defend service members who won't follow 'unlawful orders'
during post-election protests.
Military justice lawyers willing to provide free, confidential legal services to military service members who believe orders to confront protesters are unlawful.
We watched it this past June on the streets of Washington: military service members clearing protesters near the White House and downtown. One officer spoke out, claiming his commanding officers were on the verge of giving unlawful orders. Now, a group of military justice experts has said it will provide legal help to soldiers should there be post-election protests.
On June 1, D.C. National Guardsmen advanced to the fence line of Lafayette Square Park as protests over the killing of George Floyd occurred there and elsewhere in the city.
The D.C. National Guard did not directly confront protesters as federal police and D.C. Police did during those summer days. But even supporting the operation to clear protesters from Lafayette Square Park was enough for National Guard Major Adam DeMarco to come forward to Congress:
"In the days following June 1, I struggled to process what had taken place, to the point where I was sleeping very little," said DeMarco. "I knew something was wrong, but I didn’t know what."
Whether something was wrong with the tear-gassing and physical force is now subject to protester and ACLU lawsuits against federal police and MPD. All police agencies named in the lawsuit deny wrongdoing. The question remains: What if it happens again?'
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