#paramilitary force

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Agents Use Military-Style Force Against Protesters at L.A. Immigration Raid

Armed agents in tactical gear threw flash-bang grenades to disperse a crowd in Los Angeles’s Fashion District. Later, agents fired less-than

Armored vehicles, flash bang grenades, pepper spray, beatings, and other “less than lethal ammunition” were used against onlookers and later protesters by the ICE Gestapo.

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Hi there! I just wanted to ask about how you’d write about militia themed stories? The one I’m writing is a mix between magic and militia but I’m especially struggling with the militia part because I don’t exactly know how it works. It doesn’t really delve too deeply into militia just— enough to get the basic idea and that they’re inhumane, they kidnap children to turn them into weapons. All that stuff.

Hi :)

Militia can have a few different meanings, going from a part of the offical military, to a semi-legal group that has official power but uses it for illegal purposes, to an unofficial group of mercenaries used by people in power, to a paramilitary force that often works against the government and usually involves a small but heavily armed group with a specific religious or political ideology. From your ask I guess you mean a paramilitary group that does not work within the law, so I will talk about this kind of militia.

Paramilitary Forces/ Militia

a private army that does not pledge allegiance to a state

a group of like-minded people (often religious or political ideology that does not reflect the rest of the state)

heavily armed and sometimes trained like real military

often found in regions with a weak government

or a region that the central government can’t keep a strong hold over

usually land owners that live by their own rules on their own land

often with a clear hierarchy like an army, most of the time one leader or a small of leaders

they can either stay on their land until threatened or actively try to gain control over the region they live in and take on the government role

forms of paramilitary forces can be criminal cartels, cults, people rejecting the current government or religious or ethnic groups that face real persecution in their country

goals of a militia can be: to defend their way of life without government intervention, to fight actively against the current government, or to form a new sovereign state

So for your story I would give the militia a stronghold that the government has  basically no control over. Then I would think about the structure of the militia and elect one leader or a small group of leaders that can decide and function at the time as the sovereign, the head of operations and military general. Think about the training the combatants get and if they have to use it regularly (against the government). Think about the ways they can keep doing what they are doing without someone stopping them.

I hope this was helpful and I wish you good luck with your story!

- Jana

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NYX is not a paramilitary force.

(NYX Volume 2 #9)

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Ron DeSantis plans Florida paramilitary force outside federal control

‘No governor should have his own handpicked secret police,’ says former Republican governor Charlie Crist

I wonder if they will be wearing literal brown shirts.

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Pakistan Army Northern Light Infantry (NLI) - Awami Itala

Upon its founding, the Northern Light Infantry regiment was to function as a paramilitary force, at par with the Pakistan Rangers and Frontier Corps, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Interior and commanded by regular Pakistan Army officers.

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VP, PM Greet CRPF Personnel on Force's 82nd Raising Day

VP, PM Greet CRPF Personnel on Force’s 82nd Raising Day

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CRPF jawans patrolling. Representative image.

Extending greetings to the personnel of the “outstanding force”, Modi said the CRPF is at the forefront of keeping our country safe.

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Last Updated: July 27, 2020, 11:33 AM IST

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the CRPF personnel on the 82nd raising day of the paramilitary…

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VP, PM Greet CRPF Personnel on Force's 82nd Raising Day

VP, PM Greet CRPF Personnel on Force’s 82nd Raising Day

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CRPF jawans patrolling. Representative image.

Extending greetings to the personnel of the “outstanding force”, Modi said the CRPF is at the forefront of keeping our country safe.

PTI

Last Updated: July 27, 2020, 11:33 AM IST

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the CRPF personnel on the 82nd raising day of the paramilitary…

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नई दिल्ली: उच्चतम न्यायालय ने पश्चिम बंगाल के तनावग्रस्त दार्जिलिंग और कलिम्पोंग जिलों से अर्द्धसैनिक बलों की सात कंपनियां वापस बुलाने की केन्द्र सरकार को अनुमति दे दी ताकि हिमाचल प्रदेश और गुजरात में चुनाव ड्यूटी में उन्हें तैनात किया जा सके. प्रधान न्यायाधीश दीपक मिश्रा, न्यायमूर्ति ए एम खानविलकर और न्यायमूर्ति धनन्जय वाई चन्द्रचूड की तीन सदस्यीय खंडपीठ ने इसके साथ ही कलकत्ता उच्च न्यायालय के…

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