Demonstrators march near the White House on Thursday, protesting the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
A similar genre of unidentified, armed personnel clad in insignia-free uniforms has appeared policing street protests in Washington, D.C., in recent days, and Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers about just who these anonymous enforcers are. Pelosi requested that Trump provide her with"a full list of the agencies involved and clarifications of the roles and responsibilities of the troops and federal law enforcement resources operating in the city."
"President Trump is trying to intimidate peaceful protestors by having unidentified and unaccountable federal law enforcement officers and members of the Armed Forces roam the streets of DC," Murphy wrote in an emailed statement."The United States would normally condemn this tactic if used by dictators of other countries, and its use here directly threatens our democracy."
may_wise NatlGovsAssoc usmayors : FYI: If anything was done about the deployment of these unidentified 'cops' in camo since June, it had zero affect. They aggressively occupied downtown Portland the night before last, and appear to answer to no one.
ChrisMurphyCT NPR....YOUVE BEEN EXPOSED. DONT WORRY....DEFUNDING COMING.
ChrisMurphyCT Bill Barr has managed to militarize America in 5 mins., latest ragtag secret police are his prison riot goons. Meanwhile, can’t figure out how to make a swab.
sam_vinograd Seems to me unidentified equals w/o authority. Rag-tag group could be boogaloo boys for all we know. They dress up & arm themselves. Like to see protestors treat them like civilians & disobey (peacefully) until some show of authority is given. Otherwise sue them if they assault
DC police should start arresting them if they are unable to show their authority
Why wouldn't Republicans want to know too?
sam_vinograd The left-wing liberals are fantasizing that this is a battle between the Soviet Union and the Third Reich...it's not.
sam_vinograd Weve an Elite establishment thats financing & using their tool, the MainStream Media to spread Marxist propaganda, stoke a Marxist Uprising. The Marxist yearn to fight their enemy the Fascist. They're projecting their extremism on Trump Supporters, fantasizing them to be Fascist.
sandibachom Someone should call the police.
sam_vinograd We have entered the Dictator Zone.
sam_vinograd America would normally condemn the rioting and looting if it wasnt under attack by Left-wing Marxist terrorist organizations that are organizing the crime.
ChrisMurphyCT Here’s an idea: Stop rioting, and they’ll be sent away.
The dictator of this country applauds, encourages and supports it while holding a bible.
ChrisMurphyCT
ChrisMurphyCT This is an attempt by ChrisMurphyCT & his Antifa allies to expose & target specific federal agents for harassment & violence. Chris is a traitor & terrorist, he should be arrested immediately for providing material support to a terrorist organization.
We now have a “ secret police force” America, just like Russia! It’s time to wake up and get rid of the dictator, Trump!
Yes identify them and antifa etc... don’t be selective as it’s clear we have agitators other opportunists to include politicians and political parties
I fully agree with it because we have the right to know what police departments and federal law enforcement agencies who are securing cities during protests (which most of them have been peaceful) but, Bill Barr and Trump want you to think otherwise with nothing but lies.
ChrisMurphyCT
ChrisMurphyCT Yes, I want their identities known, too. This smells like manure.
Considering the ignorance among violent and destructive rioters ( not that revolution is bad, but destroying private businesses and looting unrelated shit is ) , i am not surprised. As bad as that is, if i were there i wouldnt want to be identifiable either.
Thank you, ChrisMurphyCT!
Now you know why Washington isn’t in any state.
ChrisMurphyCT I applaud the thought, but it doesn’(t go far enough. Every officer must wear identification (badge number, agency etc.) on both uniform and headgear, front and back, that can be read from 50 feet. Failure to do so or obscuring the id should be a firing offence.
Reach out to your mayors to take the Obama Foundation pledge to reduce police violence.
ChrisMurphyCT I feel the same way about people voting...they should be identified with ID and proof of Citizenship. Period!
They're apparently 'federal law enforcement' - no ID required.
Can Someone Please tell me They are collecting protesters Emails, Voting information to build a Databank to Really Coalesce as a ProtestORGANIZATIONAL UNIT WITH A GOAL TO VOTE. To Effectively Change Systemics Problems, such as Gerrimandering, prohibitive Voting Rights.
Of course DEMs want to know what org they come from, so they can be defunded! Defund all law enforcement this month; the coming PURGE will eliminate all problems
Can I see the pictures or any videos that someone has to correlate with this story?
Bureau of Prisons staff.
Maybe they are there to counter the Democrat Party shock troops, also unidentified and armed, called Antifa.
Do we know where Trump boys were during this time❓
The Mayor will not maintain the peace and protect the White House in her own city. Democrat law makers are supporting the riots all over the country, even letting felony offenders free to go the same day with out bail. Someone needs to stop Democrats from burning down churches.
This is NOT (or should not be) a partisan issue. True conservatives value their freedoms and want public law enforcement agencies to be transparent and accountable. 🇺🇸
Senator, Is this legal? What have you found out about BillBarr'sSecretArmy?
ChrisMurphyCT You want their identities known so that Antifa can show up at their homes and harass them.
TamoraPierce Gotta say, the way that headline gets truncated sends ENTIRELY the wrong message.
Angelamartin916 👆THIS MUST BE ON YOUR NEWS CASTS! Trump and Barr HAVE created a secrete police! NBCNightlyNews LesterHoltNBC CBSEveningNews NorahODonnell ABCWorldNews DavidMuir. Wake up before we're in a full on dictatorship.
The impotus is a wannabe dictator😳
ChrisMurphyCT i would start here: Joe Arpaio Erik Prince Edward Gallagher Michael Behenna Mathew Goldstein Clint Laurance
ChrisMurphyCT
Any officer who doesn’t clearly identify themselves as an officer, including name, badge number, and the organization they work for should have no authority. How are we to know this isn’t some random militia LARPing as cops?
resistandgrow Ask the army if it will agree to pick up the new secret police and interrogate them. Will they fire on the army to avoid detention and questioning?
ArchivesVapor if they are unidentifiable & attack u, then attack back. if they are unidentifiable & they shoot at u, shoot back.
Get their identities known, and spread it all over the internet. Find these fuckers.
The only people condemning riots are Black leaders & Republicans. Democrats and Media are complicit by staying silent! What is happening to my Blue party? Why are you letting our cities fail? Is this insurance scam? I don't get it!
ChrisMurphyCT How do you know they are policing protests if they are not identifiable? Looks like armed counterprotesters instead. Call the cops on them.
ChrisMurphyCT But they don’t care about the identity of those destroying cities!
Russian soldiers do the same thing while performing ops in Ukraine.
DracoMenda It's Blackwater (or one of it's sub companies). They are there as 'contractors' of the Federal Protective Service (FPS). They're pretty easy to spot cause it looks like most of them had to pick up their own gear at a swapmeet. Wanna know who signs their checks? Eric Prince.
ChrisMurphyCT I also want to know who is paying and organizing the White Supremacists.
(1) It would be better that these agents identify themselves. (2) these Dem lawmakers should also urge Trump administration to identify and arrest those rioters and looters.
probably Blackwater creeps paid by Eric Prince......
So here’s the thing. No identity means they can be charged criminally for Assault and Battery. It’s obvious that Trump and Barr want a police state in D.C.
BarrsBrownshirts
The government Black Water mercenaries, aka 'contractors' have arrived. I guess they're done killing civilians in Iraq.
This is a huge problem. Anyone could appear in riot gear or pseudo-riot gear. No accountability.
How is this possible is our own free country
Absolutely unacceptable
Interesting how all republican senators support this secret police 100%.
Can't anyone figure this out? They work for Erik Prince and they're military contractors now under contract with the DOJ. They're the same bunch of thugs that worsened things in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Murphy is a moron
Where are all the cosplaycommandos now? They were quick to show off their guns when asked to wear a mask, but when the government is putting ‘troops’ on the streets they’re no where to be seen.
Commanded by Ernst Röhm.
Erik Prince's goon squad. Just one more way Trump hands out tax payer money to his friends.
Good. There is absolutely no reason for legitimate law enforcement officers to refuse to identify themselves or who they work for
Barrs Secret Police
if you’re brandishing a weapon to a crowd without identifying yourself as law enforcement, you’re a terrorist i’m pretty sure
It's the Gestapo.. we have all seen this movie more or less
Here’s a solid plan: defund the police, release criminals from jails, refuse to co-operate with federal law enforcement, open the borders, get rid of bail, set a limit at which theft is allowed with no arrests, and stir up as much chaos as possible. Democrats
45 using the same playbook
Those are the mercenaries, you gotta call Merryweather to get them
I believe the history books call them Gestapo & Schutzstaffel
Blackwater. You can see them on TV. I’ve seen them before hired to provide private security in PR after Hurricane Maria.
Not good
Democracy has failed, people need something else
TerroristPolice
TrumpMuv2Russia Trump's 'Private Army' of thugs.
Putin’s America
Pretty sure those are Bureau of Prisons riot police (under DOJ) per msnbc. The real question is if this is true how many of them are Covid infectious and did anyone bother to test them?
Cops shouldn’t be anywhere near the riots. We need to abolish the police. They do more harm than good.
fuk the dnc
it’s the KGB protecting its assets
LittleGreenMen
SenateDems SenateGOP HouseDemocrats HouseGOP This needs to be addressed by all members of Congress.
Sounds like Putin’s army invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇦
AbrahamHanover Police Led by William Barr Anonymous Secret State Police Geheime Staatspolizei Ge Sta Po Gestapo. In America. Disbar & impeach
Those r Trump MAGA, KKK, Nazis ordered to kill blk ppl. They r punks, going up against unarmed peaceful protesters.
I know who they are. They are donnyt's 'Show Dominance While I Hide in a Bunker' squad. Smh
Perhaps a private security force can show up in DC in similiar gear to protect protesters now that it’s legal to do that.
Y'all need to take serious note of what is unfolding, if we get to November and he doesn't want to leave, these un named armed person are prepared
KaiyaLyons It's impossible to know if these thugs aren't just assholes with guns that came in to 'help out'?
Arrest them. Private citizens can not carry guns in DC and nothing marks them as law enforcement.
So he’s calling Erik Prince?
Nope.. because they want to SPY on their operation like they have been spying on this ADMIN since their campaign. Infiltration and insurgence everywhere else but this area. PelosiHatesAmericans DNCRadicals DNCTerrorists DemocratCrimes
Trumps underground army so he can take over our country.
Hold them down by their necks
80% certain they're alt-right militia.
Who can protect America from the President?
Veterans protecting the population. They haven't killed anyone. The riots killed more Americans than the number of unarmed black people killed by police in all of 2019.
Perhaps they're Putin's special forces here to help his top asset
Well, if they were identified America might find out they’re Russian. Fresh off the Crimea battle ground.
Martial law? Delayed election? Iran and Russia have police forces like his.
Maybe someone to protect lives and property from riotous vandals? 🤷🏻♀️ Heck, i dunno.
Trumps paying private mercenaries w our tax money :-|| $$$$$$$
They’re probably patriots sick of DeBlasio’s destruction of our nation’s capital! More power to them! 👊🏻
Shocking
Trump would slaughter protesters, if he could. He praised the Chinese gov't response to Tiananmen Square.
defundnpr
Fort belvar or fort brag, SORT officers, and USP Atwater correction officers from CA. So many random officers in dc. this is so unprecedented
You cannot report abusers if you cannot identify them by name or agency. Video them, remember the location, and all the other details possible, witness names and contacts.
Why aren’t Republican lawmakers inquiring? It they showed up at an anti-lockdown rally it seems they would.
Yep...follow the trail to Erik Prince standingrock nodapl PoliceBrutality
About damn time.
nobody else is...
Hahahahaha maybe if police were able to control society these unknown armed men would not be necessary
Might be Bureau of Prisons Officers. Good to have them out there for security of people and property. Equal Rights for all.
Pain is coming. TheGreatAwakening epsteincoverup
They're probably Black Water Mercenaries they should ask Erik Prince about that
It’s your mom
Why aren't Democrats focused on those creating the chaos...the looters and rioters? Because they want our country in chaos. It's all about seizing power, making empty promises to minorities, and making themselves richer.
Your people?
by the way some of those fools look, we can guess they're from Meal Team Six
Don't need an ID to vote, don't need an ID to protect DC. Simple stuff.
Barr's Brown Shirts BarrsBrownShirts
No curiosity about ANTIFA though, I'm shocked
Erik Prince rn
trump's Gestapo is my guess
vanilla isis
Ask Erik Prince.
NPR should be abolished!
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