Secret Service Warns That The Boogaloo Are Coming To D.C., States

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Erin Banco
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SCOOP: The Secret Service has issued an intelligence bulletin warning of additional armed protests in DC before and after the inauguration, particularly from the Boogaloo Boys, that in some cases it expects to become violent.@attackerman @sambrodey @swin24

Secret Service Warns That The Boogaloo Are Coming To D.C., States
The insurrection is not over, according to an intelligence bulletin acquired by The Daily Beast that warns a coming wave of MAGA demonstrations may turn violent.
thedailybeast.com
11:37 AM · Jan 13, 2021

https://www.thedailybeast.com/secret-service-warns-that-the-boogaloo-are-coming-to-dc-states?ref=author

[onecaliberal]

1. Why aren't they being arrested before that happens.

[SheltieLover]

11. +1,000!

Conspiracy charges!

[CentralMass]

2. An A10 Warthog in the air would do nicely.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Or An Apache

Because it can hover in one space & make the threat continuous.

[grumpyduck]

9. Yup.

Get close enough that the gunhumpers can see the armaments, but not close enough to be hit by an AR-15.

[SoFlaBro]

15. AR 15 rounds will bounce off of an Apache. Built to withstand 20mm rounds.

n/t

[CentralMass]

10. Better.

[Victor_c3]

24. My experience has been that Apaches are worthless

They’ll never get deployed or see on a situation where there might be small arms fire.

As a Platoon Leader in Iraq in 2004, I was given priority call for a few missions I was on. Every time I called for Apache support I was denied because we were being shot at and they were too scared.

Medevac helicopters would always come, no matter the situation or the risks they faced. Apaches were worthless.

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Then Why Do We Still Have Them?

I trust your experience, but why wouldn't the military retire a useless combat machine?
If it's not good in combat, it's not much of a weapon.

[grumpyduck]

5. Those things are intimidating up close

even without doing anything.

[Frerotte]

3. How Will They Even Get Anywhere Near the Buildings?

I cannot imagine that they will get too close to the buildings - at least the important ones. Of course they could do a lot of other damage.
Scary thoughts.

[lindysalsagal]

22. The fences are probably the limits of the "go zone."

I would imagine the individuals who scale it would be arrested, and if they manage a breach, the snipers will go to work. This time arrests will be instantaneous.

[Pachamama]

6. Too bad the Secret Service didn't warn us and protect us from Donald J Trump who is the leader and

...inspiration that is driving the Boogaloo Boys and all the other domestic terrorists....

[jimlup]

7. How does a group calling itself the Boogaloo take itself seriously?

I'm sure that they are a threat but for God sakes they clearly have not a clue.

[Kittycow]

14. They're trying to start Civil War2 calling it the boogaloo.

I'm just now reading the wiki article but what's so bad about being an ordinary person with an ordinary life?

Also something about 4chan but I still don't understand what that is.

[Gore1FL]

26. It's a play off of Breaking 2: Electric Boogaloo, a movie from 1984

It grew to a meme following anything ending in 2. So naturally, because the right co-opts everything they can to ruin it forever, they decided to go for Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo.

It's a pretty stupid name, I agree. The background story just adds such another layer of WTF.

[leftstreet]

8. Their names are like something you'd find in trading cards

...that once came with gum

proud boys
boogaloos

whatever

[llmart]

23. I just refer to them as the Booger Boys.

Fits them to a tee.

[dubyadiprecession]

12. That's ok, the word is they have plenty of body bags for the boogaloo boys.

It’s interesting that these right wing thugs call themselves, “boys”.
Is that because, they never grew up?

[Glorfindel]

13. Ringo said it best

?t=4

[Kittycow]

16. Oh gosh, thanks for the smile.

It was the favorite song of a couple I was very close to and lived with for a long time in my youth

We resumed touch last year and they moved to a village in Belize, living off SS. I was so envious they avoided trump.

Anyway, thanks for the happy mental picture from the olden days of Oregon

[Glorfindel]

17. You're very welcome, Kittycow.

They were happy days for me here in Georgia, too.

[Fiendish Thingy]

20. LOL +1000!!!

[comradebillyboy]

18. Fucking Boogaloo Boys have ruined Hawaiian shirts for everybody now.

I like colorful Hawaiian shirts but I won't wear one in public now because I don't want to be mistaken for a domestic terrorist.

[Talitha]

19. It's January - fire hoses ought to cool those Booger-Loo Boys off!!

[Fiendish Thingy]

21. I'd say the National Guard are prepared for a luau...nt