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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 08:10 AM Jun 2020

Matthew Miller: "it's like Russia's little green men have taken over the nation's capital."



Matthew Miller ✔@matthewamiller

There is no generic DOJ police force, obviously. No badges, no identifying info, refusal to say who they represent - it’s like Russia’s little green men have taken over the nation’s capital.

Dan Friedman ✔@dfriedman33

Asked who they’re with, these guys say only that they’re with “The Department of Justice.”



7:25 PM - Jun 2, 2020


Erik Prince's boys? Seriously, is this what we're looking at? Because, this might be the scariest development of all so far - Trump has his Brownshirts.
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Matthew Miller: "it's like Russia's little green men have taken over the nation's capital." (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jun 2020 OP
Black water? Drum Jun 2020 #1
Brownshirts my ass... 2naSalit Jun 2020 #2
:) The SS was a division of the Hitler's "Brownshirt" SA before Hortensis Jun 2020 #13
Well okay... 2naSalit Jun 2020 #15
Bureau of Prisons riot team demmiblue Jun 2020 #3
So now the WH n DOJ have decided to control a Free Population, the same as an incarcerated one. Volaris Jun 2020 #17
Every excuse JackInGreen Jun 2020 #4
Wonder if they were flying the helicopters that buzzed the crowds. Ellipsis Jun 2020 #5
Bulbous Barr's Butthole Brigade? lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #6
Greyer, thicker in the gut than typical... Kid Berwyn Jun 2020 #7
Blackwater mercenaries? Erik Prince's goons? Mr. Ected Jun 2020 #8
These goons need some Punisher Skull symbols. sop Jun 2020 #9
Um, is it just me or do those "uniforms" look really odd. Sneakers, really? Pacifist Patriot Jun 2020 #10
So billy barr has his own private army? spanone Jun 2020 #11
Against citizens of this country, peacefully protesting? SWBTATTReg Jun 2020 #12
Kick - this situation needs to be monitored Dennis Donovan Jun 2020 #14
Or....... DENVERPOPS Jun 2020 #16

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
13. :) The SS was a division of the Hitler's "Brownshirt" SA before
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 12:32 PM
Jun 2020

effectively superceding it. The Brownshirts/Sturmabteilung itself was the paramilitary organization Hitler and company formed to take power through violence and intimidation, and as we know they did it well.

If they could, AG Barr's little force here would be turned into a modern Sturmabteilung promising vicious retribution against anyone who opposed them, and beating and murdering anything they just didn't like the looks of. Enormous "if," of course. This isn't 1920s Germany.

demmiblue

(36,744 posts)
3. Bureau of Prisons riot team
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 08:19 AM
Jun 2020
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Attorney General Bill Barr directed the Bureau of Prisons to send highly-trained and specialized federal riot teams to Miami and Washington, D.C. to respond to violent protests which broke out in response to the death of George Floyd, however, Miami-Dade County leaders said they didn’t request it.

In statement to CBS4 News, the Bureau of Prisons said, “The BOP has specialized Crisis Management Teams (CMTS), including Special Operations Response Teams, which are highly trained tactical units capable of responding to prison disturbances, and providing assistance to other law enforcement agencies during emergencies. The BOP’s CMTs also include Disturbance Control Teams, that specialize in crowd control scenarios. Per the request of the Attorney General, the BOP has dispatched teams to Miami, Florida, and Washington, D.C.”

During Miami-Dade’s virtual County commission on Tuesday, both Mayor Carlos Gimenez and Miami-Dade Police Director Freddie Ramirez said both were surprised by their arrival.

“I was unaware they were here. We didn’t ask them to be here. We told them we didn’t need them here. There is no reason for them to be here.” said Mayor Gimenez.

https://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/06/02/federal-riot-team-miami-washington-d-c/



Volaris

(10,260 posts)
17. So now the WH n DOJ have decided to control a Free Population, the same as an incarcerated one.
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 07:06 PM
Jun 2020

Just lovely.

Are you fucking listening to yourselves, Republicans? Are you so far gone that you WONT see this for what it actually is?

JackInGreen

(2,975 posts)
4. Every excuse
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 08:20 AM
Jun 2020

For the public to execute them where they stand if the continue to be n unidentifiable, armed group.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
8. Blackwater mercenaries? Erik Prince's goons?
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 08:26 AM
Jun 2020

Whatever this country was on 1/1/2017 - it's not that anymore.

This truly bears the hallmarks of Putin's Russia. We shouldn't be surprised - we've known that Trump and Vlad are collaborators for a long time.

Pacifist Patriot

(24,647 posts)
10. Um, is it just me or do those "uniforms" look really odd. Sneakers, really?
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 08:36 AM
Jun 2020

No department insignia, no name plates or rank badges, and skanky fucking sneakers????

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
12. Against citizens of this country, peacefully protesting?
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 09:11 AM
Jun 2020

A prison riot team? Is this how you really view the citizens of this Country Mr. Barr? Really pathetic.

All you are doing is using the everyday American citizen as fodder for your fake emergency and to suppress the corona virus death toll from being headline news, so trump's massive failures as president can be ignored, and rump can be re-elected president. All a simple, illegal political act.

It won't work.

If anything, these suppression tactics usually backfire against those who advocate organized violence, especially against its own citizens.

You lost the majority of your court cases on just about every topic there is. It should tell you something.

You are losing the support of the majority of the citizens of this Country, it should tell you something.

Unruly members of police departments are being sued, fired, and/or charged w/ a crime as they should be, it should tell you something.

You've disgraced the rule of law in conjunction with a so called president who has lied and distorted the truth so many times that your president is now known as the liar in chief.

Even Bush, whom you served under, has come out against you and your tactics.

DENVERPOPS

(8,679 posts)
16. Or.......
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 05:38 PM
Jun 2020

Hitler's modern day SS and Gestapo.........very very scary........

note the fire extinguisher sized Mace canisters they are carrying......

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