thebuzzardman wrote:Clyde_Style wrote:Just a heads up to anyone who has friends or family located in Washington, D.C. who may be out protesting
DC is the only jurisdiction Trump can fully mess with right now as it has no governor. In the 50 states a governor is the one who calls in troops, not the president. But in DC the President can kind of do WTF he wants
Dan Friedman is journalist who publishes in Mother Jones
There is no such thing as DOJ troops
What this means is Barr and Trump probably have contracted with black ops to patrol the DC streets
IOW, these are not law enforcement or military. They have no identifying emblems or insignias. These are rogue people sent in by the WH to throw down. These are probably guys who work for Erik Prince
So if you know anyone protesting in DC, warn them to be EXTRA CAREFUL. Trump is really pushing the envelope now
First off, your warnings and take on Trump in DC are accurate and no issue there.
Also, those guys MIGHT be "contractors" from Prince, but DOJ has several departments in it that have a paramilitary component, or can have it:
http://www.allgov.com/departments/department-of-justice?DepartmentID=573Off the top of my head:
FBI (they have tactical type units)
DEA (see above, seems less likely to be used in this case)
ATF - now there's a group I could see being used
Federal Bureau of Prisons - Another I could see being asked to "spare some manpower" for this, and also, like ICE, I think much more aligned with Trump in it's leadership and personnel.
US Marshals - have tactical types, not so sure enough to be used here
US Capitol Police - they generally look like cops, but are Federal and have the security of congress as primary mission
https://www.uscp.gov/the-department/our-missionTwo VERY likely groups
ICE - Not part of DOJ, but VERY in line with Trump
Border Patrol - see above
Oh, and looky here:
https://www.rollcall.com/2020/06/01/immigration-agencies-to-assist-law-enforcement-amid-unrest/The two biggest immigration enforcement agencies at the Homeland Security Department confirmed Monday they will deploy personnel and resources to support local, state and federal law enforcement in U.S. cities where civil unrest over police brutality continues to simmer.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the DHS agency that deports undocumented people from inside the United States, confirmed to CQ Roll Call that it would add to the boots on the ground nationwide.
ICE “fully respects the rights of all people to peacefully express their opinions,” Danielle Bennett, an agency spokeswoman, told CQ Roll Call via email.
“In light of civil unrest taking place across the country, ICE personnel and Special Response Teams have been deployed to protect agency facilities and assets in support of the Federal Protective Service and assist local, state and federal law enforcement partners, as needed,” Bennett said.
Customs and Border Protection also threw its weight behind law enforcement. CBP “continues to assist our law enforcement partners in supporting peaceful protests,” acting Commissioner Mark Morgan said in a tweet Sunday. “But as we have seen, these ‘protests’ are anything but peaceful.”
Morgan noted that an officer with Federal Protective Services, the security division within DHS, was shot and killed while guarding a federal courthouse in Oakland, Calif., amid a protest. The motive behind the shooting was not clear, however.
BP and ICE are the closest things Trump has to Brownshirts. Especially BP.
@ the people grading statements as if they matter
