Who has been deployed on the streets of Washington? | Financial Times
Many of us have been looking, with concern at the deployment of supposed law enforcement troops in the US who wear no distinguishing marks.
Some answers here.
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Many of us have been looking, with concern at the deployment of supposed law enforcement troops in the US who wear no distinguishing marks.
Some answers here.
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Rather a lot are from the National Guard - a 450k strong part time civilian soldiers drawn from local communities & trained to support disaster response (well Trump and Barr sure are disasters)
In Washington they (unlike federal troops) do not bear lethal or non lethal weapons
In Washington they (unlike federal troops) do not bear lethal or non lethal weapons
The Bully In Chief has threatened to “federalise” them (which hasn’t gone down so well) and also invoke the Insurrection Act sending federal troops into states.
That hasn’t gone down so well either with federal troop generals or his Defence Secretary, Mark Esper.
That hasn’t gone down so well either with federal troop generals or his Defence Secretary, Mark Esper.
At least 10 other federal law agencies have provided troops, FBI, Secret Service, Park Police, Bureau of ATFE, DEA, Bureau of Prisons, US Marshall’s, Capitol Police & Dept of Homeland Security all leveraged by Barr’ Department of Injustice.
No. It isn’t acceptable that some elements display no identifying marks, regardless of whether if not prison guards normally do in prison.
How can the public or other guards even tell whether an individual is a rogue actor or not?
How can the public or other guards even tell whether an individual is a rogue actor or not?
Who knows how long it will last.
But at least Teump is getting his wall, paid for by the American People, to cage in this ape of a president.
But at least Teump is getting his wall, paid for by the American People, to cage in this ape of a president.
