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Garrett Haake ✔ @GarrettHaake
Back outside the White House. Today the perimeter has been pushed back another half block. Federal law enforcement of some kind, but they wont identify themselves, and all insignias and name plates have been removed.


1:31 PM - Jun 3, 2020
also see: Matthew Miller: "it's like Russia's little green men have taken over the nation's capital."
zentrum
(9,870 posts)chia
(2,836 posts)House of Roberts
(6,634 posts).
C_U_L8R
(49,529 posts)ps. they all look pretty out of shape. Are these out of work mall cops?
world wide wally
(21,836 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,714 posts)This has his grubby handprints all over it.
Kaleva
(40,432 posts)They become blurry when i expand the picture so I can't read them.
Renew Deal
(85,353 posts)They will eventually have to swear to a complaint.
unblock
(56,262 posts)They want to control the scene and the moment. Once they've got you out if the scene they probably don't care if they have to release you.
And if they actually did care about a charge, they can just hand you over to a real officer.
Renew Deal
(85,353 posts)Someone has to witness the activity.
unblock
(56,262 posts)If there wasn't a legit officer on the scene who could say they witnessed it, they would just let you go.
I'm guessing they're just there for show and muscle
WhiskeyGrinder
(27,227 posts)magicarpet
(19,416 posts)Head to toe - not costs spared for cops they need,... they get....
Nice if the same was applicable for ambulance personnel, emergency room attendants, nurses, doctors,.. why do they need to grovel for personal protective equipment to protect from Covid ?
nocoincidences
(2,492 posts)I saw one of those guys was carrying a shield that said Park Police. And the guy next to him had a shield saying Military Police. WTF?
Pacifist Patriot
(25,216 posts)This is a tragedy in the making. I fear something traumatic is going to happen as a result.
tritsofme
(19,933 posts)BComplex
(9,959 posts)Here's a thread on that one, with speculation about the CBP troops.
These guys are totally different.
LeftInTX
(34,852 posts)No way are these military police.....
They look like private militia
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