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Swede

(33,233 posts) Mon Jul 27, 2020, 04:06 PM Jul 2020

'These are his people': inside the elite border patrol unit Trump sent to Portland

Bortac, a quasi-militarised outfit equivalent to the Navy Seals, has been deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/27/trump-border-patrol-troops-portland-bortac

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'These are his people': inside the elite border patrol unit Trump sent to Portland (Original Post) Swede Jul 2020 OP

Do something constructive. RETWEET this. underthematrix Jul 2020 #1

WHAT??? Alacritous Crier Jul 2020 #2

Yeah, Seals don't have 20,000 troops and $5 billion budget like these guys do. Swede Jul 2020 #4

This is a great report. Mike 03 Jul 2020 #3

Remember this story from last year (mentioned in this article) Mike 03 Jul 2020 #5

"the most violent and racist in all law enforcement" flibbitygiblets Jul 2020 #6

k&r for visibility alwaysinasnit Jul 2020 #7

I haven't seen any women among these troops in camo with rubber bullet guns. Walleye Jul 2020 #8

Time to end these people...fire them all and stop the paramilitary shit. Demsrule86 Jul 2020 #9

underthematrix

(5,811 posts)

1. Do something constructive. RETWEET this.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 04:10 PM

Jul 2020

Link to tweet

Alacritous Crier

(3,815 posts)

2. WHAT???

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 04:12 PM

Jul 2020

NOT EQUIVALENT TO THE NAVY SEALS!!

LOL! What a joke. They obviously have no clue what the Navy Seals really are.

GOTV.

Swede

(33,233 posts)

4. Yeah, Seals don't have 20,000 troops and $5 billion budget like these guys do.

Reply to Alacritous Crier (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 04:17 PM

Jul 2020

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)

3. This is a great report.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 04:14 PM

Jul 2020

So we're getting some answers.

The U.S. Marshals are not mentioned once in this story, which makes me wonder if these elite BP forces are telling protesters that they are U.S. Marshals, because some protestors have been told (by someone) that they are Marshals.

It was hard to believe the Marshals could be involved in something this trashy.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)

5. Remember this story from last year (mentioned in this article)

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 04:17 PM

Jul 2020

Last year ProPublica exposed a secret Facebook group for current and former border patrol agents whose posts were riddled with violent, racist and sexist language including jokes about migrant deaths. One of the posts exhorted agents to throw a “burrito at these bitches”, referring to Democratic congresswomen calling for an investigation of border facility abuses.

That was some shocking shit. And it was a huge Facebook group, made up of ten thousand current and former BP, dripping with misogyny, racism and violence, and, tellingly, zero compassion.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)

6. "the most violent and racist in all law enforcement"

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 04:20 PM

Jul 2020

Trump has repeatedly pushed for more resources for the agency and for its staff union, and is now actively promoting the fulfillment of its dream of becoming a militarized presence on America’s streets. Under his presidency, the brutalized and violent politics of the border are being extended across the nation.