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In reply to the discussion: DHS spying on pipeline opponents and forwarding info to Transcanada. [View all]DevonRex
(22,541 posts)This is a law enforcement operation with 2 undercover cops on the inside of a group of nice protesters. Law enforcement ran the standard background checks on their regular databases just like they do for any other investigation.
This one just can't be made into something it's not. Because the protesters are a small group of nice people just doing what they can. Which isn't much.
Law enforcement was probably hoping to make more of it. They always do. Especially in bumfuck OK and TX. They get bored. They also want promotions, something to put on their resumes. This investigation wasn't it.
No disrespect to OK and TX meant there. It's the unpopulated nature of the area I was talking about, not exactly being a hotbed of criminal activity for a young officer wanting to prove him/herself. It's the nature of LE. They like investigations that are complicated where nobody gets hurt.