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November 2, 2020

Barr Preps Prison Guards to Head to D.C. for Election Unrest

Source: The Daily Beast

Over 100 personnel from the Justice Department’s Bureau of Prisons, as well as others from the Marshals Service, are preparing to mobilize to the streets of Washington, D.C., for confronting potential election-related unrest, according to a document acquired by The Daily Beast and confirmed by the BOP.

The mobilization suggests that the Justice Department is reprising its activities from June. Back then, in response to Black Lives Matter protests, it corralled law-enforcement personnel from lesser-known Justice Department components and deputized Department of Homeland Security personnel, ostensibly in the name of protecting federal property in D.C. Many of those personnel wore minimal insignia and were often kitted up in military-style body armor, intimidating demonstrators and sparking an outcry.

Dated Oct. 29 and titled a “Deployment Roster,” the Bureau of Prisons’ west coast regional director, Melissa Rios, detailed for a senior BOP official, Assistant Director Andre Matevousian, the “revised” mobilization of 110 security agents from a variety of federal prisons.

The personnel listed have tactical experience in dealing with prison disturbances. They are listed as hailing from SORT, BOP’s Special Operations Response Teams, or DCT, its Disturbance Control Teams. Many of the prisons where the listed officers work have active COVID-19 cases, raising the prospect of a coronavirus spread off of any deployment.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/william-barr-preps-prison-guards-to-head-to-dc-for-election-unrest



https://twitter.com/attackerman/status/1323362331083087873
November 2, 2020

Obfuscating license plates with "blue tape" lines has become a pattern among the police-enabled...

Obfuscating license plates with "blue tape" lines has become a pattern among the police-enabled pro-Trump vehicle caravans. This functions as both a signal to police and an attempt to avoid accountability for when they engage in hazardous or violent behavior.



https://twitter.com/sparrowmedia/status/1323326771001987077
November 2, 2020

"Saved by the Whale's Tail", literally.

Saved by the whale: Runaway train caught by fateful sculpture

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=

A fatefully placed whale sculpture in the Netherlands saved a careening train from certain devastation Monday, catching the lead runaway metro carriage on the graceful arc of its mammoth tail.

The improbable incident unfolded at the De Akkers metro station in Spijkenisse just after midnight. Photos from the scene suggest that the train, part of the Rotterdam Metro network, had been unable to stop as it reached its terminus and overran the track.

Rather than fall more than 30 feet to the ground, the train was brought to a stop by one of two whale tail sculptures at the end of the track. The driver of the train was able to escape. He visited a hospital as a precautionary measure, according to local media reports.

Dutch emergency services have told reporters there were no other passengers aboard.

The artwork’s official name, “Saved by the Whale’s Tail,” now seems apt. Made out of plastic and installed in 2002, its designer seemed surprised it could hold a moving train.

“It has been there for almost 20 years,” architect Maarten Struijs told NOS. “You actually expect the plastic to disintegrate a bit, but that apparently is not the case.” Struijs told the Dutch broadcaster that the event was a “miracle” and that he was impressed by how artistic the train looked on his creation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/11/02/rotterdam-whale-sculpture-train-crash/
November 1, 2020

Obnoxious Trump supporters in New York shut down Mario Cuomo bridge

https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1322996649430581248

I guess the memo got out yesterday/today to be a complete dumbfuck.

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