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Pretty sure if they tried to do anything outside of Texas the local PD would probably be justified in arresting them or even just shooting them.
Justified? Sure. I suspect "professional courtesy" would prevent any such thing, though.
Some cops especially sheriffs can be very very territorial, plenty of them are bastards to those outside their region but are chill for those from within the region. A jumped up Texas ranger would be well within the "They aren't gonna find your bodies" area.
Why do you think the local PD would be on the side of democracy?
Don't think they would be, but they are far more likely to shoot some jumped up out of stater.
History says they'll side with power/authoritarian. Don't put any faith in westernized law enforcement. Their job is to keep the workers in line. Not to question orders.
If there is one thing that can get deputies and local PD twitchy its tribalism especially if that triablism is being agitated by someone else's tribe. Fact of the matter is that Texas Rangers don't have power or authority outside of Texas, and frankly speaking cops are just as aware of their paycheque as everyone else. If they work with the Texas rangers without higher approval from within the state they risk getting their pay cut for basically nothing.
They didn't care last time. And the time before that... As long as they are going after marginalized people the local authorities will at best be passive bystanders, at worst they'll actively help the authoritarian.
You are seeing them as a monolith they aren't, they may be broadly aligned but if some Texas ranger started stomping around SoCal he is going to have the sheriff and whatever PD up his ass. I am under no illusion about the general corruption of such groups but they are as I said very territorial and will fight over jurisdiction. Most cops are more than willing to sit on their assess and do nothing, there's a reason they all rush to check out some teenagers drawing knives and it's because they have nothing better to do.
They gain NOTHING from helping out outside authorities unless the state is enabling them, if a protest breaks our yes they'll be jackboots. But if alls quiet on the western front then they'll sit on their assess and do nothing or watch porn in their squad car because that's what my local cops do for some reason.
Also when I say state I don't mean the feds, I'm pretty sure my local deputies would jump at the idea of shooting a fed.
If they weren't prepared to be the boot for the oligarchy, they wouldn't work in law enforcement in the first place.
The flaw in your assumption is that the oligarchy is actually united. Depending on the region you may very well see an area dominated by a handful of old money families who will call in favors with the good old boys and have them cause trouble. Factionalism is rife amongst the rich the only reason it seems like they have any amount of unity is because a handful of ultra oligarchs such as Thiel, Musk, and Zuckerberg dominate the media.
The police often know their place in such order or at least the ones at the top do. This is why you can get sheriffs departments break rank with town and city PD on occasion because they answer to different powers be they legitimate IE the state or county cheque makers of illegitimate such as the broadly rich in LA vs the old families of a rural Eastern Californian county.
Isn't jurisdiction something that departments fight over fairly regularly?
Yep sometimes they'll even draw guns on each other.