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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMatthew Miller: "it's like Russia's little green men have taken over the nation's capital."
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Matthew Miller ✔@matthewamiller
There is no generic DOJ police force, obviously. No badges, no identifying info, refusal to say who they represent - its like Russias little green men have taken over the nations capital.
Dan Friedman ✔@dfriedman33
Asked who theyre with, these guys say only that theyre 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.
Drum
(8,909 posts)2naSalit
(86,050 posts)This is -45's SS!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)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.
2naSalit
(86,050 posts)I was thinking of the later iteration. But you are right about that.
demmiblue
(36,744 posts)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 BOPs 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-Dades 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 didnt ask them to be here. We told them we didnt 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/
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Volaris
(10,260 posts)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)For the public to execute them where they stand if the continue to be n unidentifiable, armed group.
Ellipsis
(9,123 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,651 posts)Rhoided up physiques...yeah. They look like pros.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)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.
sop
(9,946 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,647 posts)No department insignia, no name plates or rank badges, and skanky fucking sneakers????
spanone
(135,633 posts)WTF?
SWBTATTReg
(21,859 posts)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.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,679 posts)Hitler's modern day SS and Gestapo.........very very scary........
note the fire extinguisher sized Mace canisters they are carrying......