People in Albuquerque are protesting Trump's deployment of federal agents to the city...

[Nevilledog]

People in Albuquerque are protesting Trump's deployment of federal agents to the city as local leaders condemn the show of force

https://www.businessinsider.com/albuquerque-protests-trump-federal-agent-depoyment-2020-7

Hundreds of people took to the streets chanting "feds go home" during a severe thunderstorm in Albuquerque to protest the Trump administration's decision to send federal agents to New Mexico's largest city.

The deployment of 35 agents, announced July 22 as part of what the US Department of Justice has termed "Operation Legend," is ostensibly an effort to combat violent crime. But President Donald Trump sold the policy as necessary in Democratic-led cities, specifically, where he claimed local leaders with to "defund, defame, or abolish" police.

The president's reelection campaign has also been flooding New Mexico's airwaves with an ad seeking to tie Democratic rival Joe Biden to that activist demand.

The Red Nation, an indigenous-led socialist group, helped organize Friday's protest outside the US federal courthouse in downtown Albuquerque.

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[burrowowl]

1. Kick and there was a high wind as well!

[Nevilledog]

2. I grew up there, so I'm happy to see the protests.

[triron]

5. We had a hell of a storm up here n four hills near the Manzano foothills.

NWS blew their forecast bigtime.

[triron]

6. I called the mayor's office today to voice my outrage.

Don't know why the city hasn't filed a lawsuit yet. Those goons weren't invited by any city officials.

[Journeyman]

3. Have the Trumpstapo been deployed? Or just announced? . . .

The article doesn't make it clear.

[Nevilledog]

4. I don't think they have arrived yet.

[soothsayer]

7. It's confusing. I think you're right but Operation Legend is going on?

https://www.abqjournal.com/1481226/operation-legend-prosecution-underway-in-albuquerque.html

Operation Legend prosecution underway in Albuquerque

The U.S. Attorney’s Office is prosecuting what appears to be its first Operation Legend case in Albuquerque – charging a defendant with being a felon in possession of a firearm during an incident last month.

[triron]

8. There was one arrest supposedly due to the fed intervention announced in the local paper.

The Albuq. Journal is republican owned.

[triron]

9. Here's some good local coverage of today's protests. They will grow.

https://www.krqe.com/photo-galleries/photos-downtown-operation-legend-protest/

[Nevilledog]

11. Thank you for all the info!

[crickets]

14. Thanks, triron. It's wonderful to see all the people standing up. nt

[triron]

10. need to kick these assholes out asap.

[triron]

12. knr

[crickets]

13. K&R for visibility.