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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThese troops with no branch insignia, rank or name
tag. They could just be MAGAts with guns recruited by Trump and Barr. Is this even legal?
mitch96
(13,818 posts)doc03
(35,148 posts)did back when we went on strike send in Pinkerton thugs.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)My guess is that they are former special ops, recruited to be highly paid mercenary pukes. They arent regular LEOs. Theyre all buffed like football players.
NCDem47
(2,238 posts)Other than probably getting shot, what stops you from saying "FU" to their orders? I mean, what authority have they been granted? I've been watching the comments on these postings for a few days and this whole thing boils my blood.
doc03
(35,148 posts)anyone in camo with a gun.
Capn Sunshine
(14,378 posts)I recognized these guys right away. Yes they are Erik Prince's guys. They have a look. I ran across them when Blackwater still did ops in the desert east of San Diego near the Mexican Border. The maneuver is referred to in spook circles as "bringing in the little green men" and it's a common tactic when an aspiring
Dictator is expanding into a new area. Google "Putin Little Green Men" for an example.
In this case, it appears Barr has conferred legal powers via the DOJ to this force, which is essentially a secret police force.
So my advice is move away ASAP when you see these guys.
Can our country survive the 5 months between now and the election? I don't know.
It's more serious than the media lets on.
Secret police. I knew Comrade Trump was going to be wack, and every time some new outrage happens, I am still amazed. What he has wrought in just three years will take generations to repair. The evil guys behind the curtain aren't hiding any more.
RainCaster
(10,680 posts)Are these the Bugaloo Boiz?
Inquiring minds want to know.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)Private security agents, armed or not, usually have very limited powers.
doc03
(35,148 posts)open fire? I don't think state laws mean much to Trump and Barr.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)IDs are helpful before and afterwards.
Real military will have all the correct patches.
Liberal In Texas
(13,453 posts)Special teams used to put down prison riots. They're not really law enforcement.
Igel
(35,196 posts)Until I saw this.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142508136
(Okay, maybe not that thread. The post's content.)
If you have bodies from a half-dozen or more forces and put them into an ad hoc force, there's a choice--do you have them use whatever uniform, however poorly suited it may be for the task at hand; or do you give them a consistent uniform that shows that they are one "team"?
How do ranks and civil servant grades compare across the secret service, national guard, border patrol, TSA, FPS?...
lastlib
(22,981 posts)...that she probably didn't realize was kind of dumb. She said (paraphrasing), "if they don't have any identification on them, then I don't see how you can have any oversight of them."
Lisa--THAT was the POINT of not having any identification!! Cockwomble DOESN'T WANT there to be any oversight of his storm troopers!
Remember who we are dealing with here--the basturd that will not give a single scrap of paper, or a single word of testimony to Congress for anything.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)troops who were ready for deployment, but instead of being sent overseas, got send to fave protesters in Washington.
People. We need to defeat Trump in November. That may be our last best chance to preserve our democracy. Anyone who is running around talking about no difference between parties is a fucking moron.