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Should Biden tell the Head of the US Marshalls and Border Patrol their jobs are on the line unless (Original Post) Cattledog May 2022 OP
Oh SURE, threaten them, what a GOOD idea. elleng May 2022 #1
Biden should... OneBlueDotS-Carolina May 2022 #2
Why would CBP JustAnotherGen May 2022 #3
Because they were one of the forces at the scene. Strangely. Scrivener7 May 2022 #11
Rep Castro has asked the FBI to get involved due to the fiasco of misinformation and lies.. asiliveandbreathe May 2022 #4
No. There's a proper chain of command and that ain't it. littlemissmartypants May 2022 #5
The people who should be told that madaboutharry May 2022 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2022 #7
That's not his job; that's up to the agencies. There's a proper chain of command Ocelot II May 2022 #8
He called for severe consequences for the border patrol accused of using whips MichMan May 2022 #9
There's no indication the BP was at fault in this case, for one thing. Ocelot II May 2022 #10
Because everyone is saying the proper authority is the DOJ, I answer a resounding YES to your Scrivener7 May 2022 #12

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
4. Rep Castro has asked the FBI to get involved due to the fiasco of misinformation and lies..
Thu May 26, 2022, 04:59 PM
May 2022

Sure hope the BP and US Marshalls are on the interview list if they were there..along with the parents and others who were there..

madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
6. The people who should be told that
Thu May 26, 2022, 04:59 PM
May 2022

are the people who didn’t do their jobs and the people trying to cover it up.

Response to Cattledog (Original post)

Ocelot II

(115,735 posts)
8. That's not his job; that's up to the agencies. There's a proper chain of command
Thu May 26, 2022, 05:52 PM
May 2022

and Biden isn't likely to stomp on the agency heads' turf. The US Marshals Service is under the DoJ, headed by the Attorney General, and as far as I can figure out weren't involved at all. Border Patrol is under Homeland Security, and they responded to local police only after the shooter had been on the scene for about an hour. It was one of their agents who shot him. But the apparent clusterfuck seems to be the fault of the locals, not BP.

MichMan

(11,938 posts)
9. He called for severe consequences for the border patrol accused of using whips
Thu May 26, 2022, 05:55 PM
May 2022

Why would this be any different?

Ocelot II

(115,735 posts)
10. There's no indication the BP was at fault in this case, for one thing.
Thu May 26, 2022, 06:00 PM
May 2022

Also, he was objecting to a policy, not to a single act of possible incompetence, if there was one at all.

Scrivener7

(50,955 posts)
12. Because everyone is saying the proper authority is the DOJ, I answer a resounding YES to your
Thu May 26, 2022, 06:08 PM
May 2022

question.

Not holding any more breaths for the DOJ.

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