Trump Officially Orders Federal Agents To Stop Protests In Three More Cities

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Trump announced Wednesday that he is expanding use of federal agents in three more cities, sending personnel to Chicago, Albuquerque, and Kansas City to put a stop to the mass protests and resistance that he has characterized as “violence.” This comes after the feds have terrorized Portland, Oregon for weeks, using force to quell the ongoing uprising against racial injustice that has been sustained in the city for nearly two months by tear gassing protestors and kidnapping them off the streets. The rollout of federal agents to American cities is being billed by the Trump administration as an “anti-crime” program they say is unrelated to the protests, called “Operation Legend.”

According to CBS News, the Department of Justice will send over 100 federal agents from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives to Chicago, and at least 100 agents from the Department of Homeland Security already located there will be assigned to the operation, as well. The Trump administration has also sent over 200 agents to Kansas City and 35 to Albuquerque, with plans to send more.

The move comes despite opposition from local leaders. “That’s what we call tyranny, and dictatorship, and we are not having it in Chicago,” CBS News reports that Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot said.

“We always welcome partnerships in constitutional crime fighting that are in step with our community, but we won’t sell out our city for a bait and switch excuse to send secret police to Albuquerque,” mayor Tim Keller said in a statement. “Operation Legend is not real crime fighting; it’s politics standing in the way of police work and makes us less safe.”

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/trump-officially-orders-federal-agents-144154130.html

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

1. My problem is I'm old and fat. But this tells me

we should be turning out in EVERY city of any size. He can't put troops everywhere..............

[Under The Radar]

2. To cover those cities he is draining the border of patrol? So open boarders?

[Thekaspervote]

3. So, each state will have to file suit, and he will lose 3 more times??

Did he not see what the judge said about Portland?

What an idiot..he says he doesn’t like to lose, well buddy..ya could fooled a lot of us!!!

[42bambi]

4. This is what Sadists do ... cause harm to others to satisfy a sick need of

self satisfaction and importance.

[Freethinker65]

5. Stop who from doing what??

[triron]

11. There are no protests in Albuquerque. There may very well be though if he sends his goons in.

[lunasun]

13. Chaos! 🙄

[rso]

6. Trump

Keep suing him in Federal Court . About one hour ago, a Federal Judge in Portland issued a 14 day cease and desist order for federal goons to stop attacking journalists and others.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Phila, Detroit, NY, etc already said they

will arrrest and charge tRump's fed agents.

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/7/23/larry_krasner_philadelphia_protests_federal_agents
"Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, who warns he will arrest and charge Trump’s police forces if they violate the rights of residents in his city. “The law applies to the president of the United States, even though he doesn’t think so. The law applies to law enforcement. The law applies to civilians. It is real simple,” says Krasner."

[drmeow]

8. Maybe the feds selling surplus military tactical equipment

to city police departments will have some good, after all. It would be a delicious twist if the police departments in those cities use that equipment to arrest federal police forces.

[nocoincidences]

9. I watch movies and tv shows and reality shows,

and I know there is a simple way to find out who these thugs are. It involves illegal acts, like kidnapping, threatening while your identity is obscured, using CIA tactics, basically, to find out who they are. what organization they belong to, and what were their marching orders, then letting them go without harm.

If I can think of this, 72 year old white lady with long history of protesting, surely my younger counterparts have considered it, at least.

I can't do it. Someone younger could. I hope I am not violating anything on DU by suggesting this COULD be done.

Just musings in an older brain.

[keithbvadu2]

10. Are they really federal agents or mercenaries?

[donkeypoofed]

12. Are KC & ABQ Democrat-run cities? He only likes Red ones