If you’ve ever watched disaster movies or dystopian science fiction, you’re probably familiar with a plot device screenwriters use to let audiences know things have reached the point of disaster — namely for the fictional president to order U.S. troops to take control of a city on American soil.

The reason they do so is because it creates a stark image; soldiers with guns drawn storming a community in their own country.

So when a Marine in Orlando saw something similar recently — except in real life when President Trump dispatched Marines to Los Angeles and Florida to help with his immigration crackdown — it didn’t sit well.

“That is not what the military is for,” said Alexander McCoy. “It is for protecting America from external threats.”

The U.S. military is sending 200 Marines to Flo

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