"Three years ago today, on June 2, 2020 .... Martha Raddatz of ABC snapped the famous and chilling..

[demmiblue]

“Three years ago today, on June 2, 2020 …. Martha Raddatz of ABC snapped the famous and chilling photograph of law enforcement officers in camouflage, their names and units hidden, standing in rows on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.” @HC_Richardson

Who is President matters.

The full quote “Three years ago today, on June 2, 2020, days after then–Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes, Martha Raddatz of ABC snapped the famous and chilling photograph of law enforcement officers in camouflage, their names and units hidden, standing in rows on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.”

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[2naSalit]

1. Never forget.

[yardwork]

3. +1

[LiberalFighter]

2. Camouflage?

Isn't the purpose of camouflage to blend in?

[BootinUp]

4. In this case it represents military images.

[erronis]

5. Horrible abuse of power. And the wannabe tyrant is still spittling. And the GOP is still enabling.

I'd really like to see any expose of the actions that led to this image.

[Hekate]

6. Brought to us by a member of the oft-reviled "media," & burned into my brain

Thank you, Martha Raddatz

[3Hotdogs]

7. Isn't deployment of military in the U.S. a violation of Posse Comitatus?

I wonder why, whoever was president then, didn't stop it.

[COL Mustard]

16. The use of the military to conduct law enforcement

Is it violation of Posse Comitatus. Just having them there, unarmed, is horrible optics but not necessarily a violation of the Act. Then again, I’m not a lawyer.

[3Hotdogs]

17. No, but if you're a colonel, you must know more than the average bear.

Enjoy the weekend.

[COL Mustard]

18. Then again, the average bear

Doesn't always know all that much! My previous post is based on what I've been told, and thankfully I've never been in a position to have to put that in place.

[Takket]

8. they turned the military on our people......

and on Jan 6th they did the opposite, knowingly leaving the capital unprotected so hasten its fall when the terrorists came. i certainly hope if charges are ever brought for Jan 6th that it includes those who knowingly left the capital undefended.

[Evolve Dammit]

9. "...on Jan 6th they did the opposite." Truth

[electric_blue68]

11. When the posted video (Thur, by underpants) of the protestors being gassed be4 Drumph's walk 2

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the Church w Bible; I immediately flashed on that (this) photo above in my head!

[SouthernDem4ever]

12. Disgusting

It looks more like North Korea than the USA

[Warpy]

13. Those aren't police, they're a paramilitary group

Look how they're dressed and equipped.

This is what Nixon did to us because he was terrified of college kids who hated the war.

[spike jones]

14. Police are the front line troops of the Right Wing Death Squads. n/t

[FakeNoose]

15. There was never a threat to the Lincoln Memorial, or any other monument in Washington

This is how Chump overstepped. Maybe he was hoping this would PROVOKE an attack, in which case he could hastily declare martial law and delay the 2020 election as long as possible.

I don't think those soldiers were there because they wanted to be. They were just following orders.

[Blue Owl]

19. K&R