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Ohioboy

(3,240 posts)
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 02:14 PM Jun 2020

As to these unidentified police we have in DC

The pictures I've seen of them show dumpy looking guys out of shape and not all using the same gear. Are these just a bunch of wannabes?

If so, what kind of training, or lack of training, are these idiots bringing to the game? It's bad enough out there without a bunch of amateur Trump Magats in the mix.

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LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
1. I think wanna be's, too. I hear they are a perimeter keeping protesters further from WH. Wrong.
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 02:24 PM
Jun 2020

What happens if protesters demand their right to protest closer and were to go beyond that line they have? I wonder. What happens if they do violence? Are they open to arrest? Craziness.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,568 posts)
2. They have been identified- they are federal prison guards
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 02:24 PM
Jun 2020

And a few park service staff.

Hopefully, the next Congress will send a bill to President Biden that requires all LEO’s to wear badges and ID.

fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
4. A few days ago they were from BOP.
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 02:34 PM
Jun 2020

These clowns today are not the same. Lots of weird facial hair and shitty ‘costumes’ that wouldn’t be allowed for DEA, CBP or BOP staff.

They look too fat and flabby to be mercenaries hired by Erik Prince. I have to think his thugs would be in better shape and would be better equipped.

These jackasses look like cosplay idiots or maybe Bikers for Dump.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,568 posts)
6. Or it could be the weekend partimer crew - even fascists need a day off
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 02:57 PM
Jun 2020

Putting armed, untrained, volunteer non-government employees as the first line of WH Defense would not stay secret long - if they were Bikers for Trump, he’d be tweeting about it, and so would they.

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
3. These dudes are loose cannons. "Militia" wannabes finally...
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 02:25 PM
Jun 2020

getting their big chance to be the badasses they always have envisioned themselves.

They are extremely dangerous.

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