You may have noticed that the Army is protecting the Lincoln Memorial from Americans, while the whole city of DC is overrun by people who look like some sort of militarized police in generic uniforms. Who are these men in black who answer only to the Attorney General and the President himself? And where the hell did thousands of them come from?
The Story Behind Bill Barr’s Unmarked Federal Agents. This article has everything you need to know about where they come from, how the US government has been adding one ATF worth of assorted police every year since 2001. I definitely did not know that the National Gallery has a shooting range.
The other implication is that, at least in the federal district, the United States now has a secret police, whose members will not tell the public which agency they work. They erect checkpoints around the city, attack camera crews, and open fire on protesters so that the president can wave a Bible in a photo op. All part of the President's plan to "dominate the streets". Nominally, these police report to a government officer, but the majority of officers are non-permanent acting appointments serving as figureheads; in practice the police collective only answers to the top levels of party leadership.
The Story Behind Bill Barr’s Unmarked Federal Agents. This article has everything you need to know about where they come from, how the US government has been adding one ATF worth of assorted police every year since 2001. I definitely did not know that the National Gallery has a shooting range.
The other implication is that, at least in the federal district, the United States now has a secret police, whose members will not tell the public which agency they work. They erect checkpoints around the city, attack camera crews, and open fire on protesters so that the president can wave a Bible in a photo op. All part of the President's plan to "dominate the streets". Nominally, these police report to a government officer, but the majority of officers are non-permanent acting appointments serving as figureheads; in practice the police collective only answers to the top levels of party leadership.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto