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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWas there a private army on the streets in DC for the past two days?
The world wants to know
calimary
(81,304 posts)gademocrat7
(10,659 posts)Kaleva
(36,307 posts)Just because some want something to be true doesn't in itself make it so.
Celerity
(43,402 posts)malaise
(269,026 posts)There are rumors and we want the facts
Kaleva
(36,307 posts)Some people prefer to ignore the actual evidence and prefer to believe unsubstantiated rumors.
Celerity
(43,402 posts)speading disinfo, then I am sure they will soon be banned.
Kaleva
(36,307 posts)"Iranian Earthquake- B*sh did it but how?
I've heard tectonic weapons tossed around but what if that evil dummy prayed for the quake???"
https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=961876
As far as I know, nobody got banned for asking "legimate" questions about the machine.
Celerity
(43,402 posts)PubliusEnigma
(1,583 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,472 posts)demmiblue
(36,860 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/
Link to tweet
malaise
(269,026 posts)This cannot continue
crickets
(25,981 posts)Good for Miami for telling them to go home.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Alex4Martinez
(2,193 posts)There is such a fucking clusterfuck of effort to bring troops of any type in that nobody knows and, with this asshole, nobody tells.
But for DC, particularly, Donald has a special situation with DC not being a state per sé, he can bring in other Federal agencies:
Bureau of Prisons, ICE, Border Patrol, Homeland Security creeps, and, of course, private Blackwater types, and DC can also draw National Guardsmen from Maryland and/or Virginia.
Reason two is that the uniforms have increasingly become threatening and absent identifying markings, equally creepy.
Are these guys National Guard or weekend warrior gunhumpers? Who knows? And why the camo, fellas? Are we in the jungle?