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OldBaldy1701E

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17. For reasons which were the opposite of why they would be deployed today.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #13)

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 07:02 AM

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That was also because the state was unable to protect those kids. They were brought in as support. Not to run amok through the streets trying to find some reason to be there in the first place.

But, I was not even born yet, and I am not from there, so I can only go by what I am reading about it.

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