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Don't let this get lost in all the autocratic shock & awe: America's own "little green men" w/o insignias—a la Russia's troops who seized Crimea.

NPR reports Bill Barr (who ordered attack on protesters) deploying "riot teams" from Bureau of Prisons. Prison guards on US streets.
Bill Barr’s special forces/prison guards are boosting their numbers in Washington DC… for a vigil led by clergy. These mercenary-like troops under DOJ Bureau of Prisons jurisdiction are from Texas. Who flew them to DC & who paid for it? @aletweetsnews
😱What could possibly go wrong? Armed prison guards—already trained to view Black people as criminals—overseeing protesters protesting Black people being treated as criminals? #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloydProtests #AmericanSpring
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#BREAKING Emergency meeting of AU Foreign Ministers in Addis Ababa condemns extrajudicial executions by US police and urges President Donald Trump to exercise restraint and avoid escalating the situation. Envoys also deplore crackdown on CNN journalists covering the protests.
#BREAKING AU envoys reportedly compiling a list of US officials to face visa bans as punishment for obstructing the the fight for racial equality. Highly placed sources say these include high-ranking members of the right-wing, white nationalist, ruling Republican party.
#BREAKING Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta, urges the UN Security Council to urgently convene to discuss the situation in the US. The once proudly self-declared "leader of the free world" is today riven by disease and tribal hatreds, with its long-suffering people in open revolt.
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