Why does Donald Trump have secret police officers in Portland and soon to be deployed in Chicago?
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Over the past several days, residents of Portland have told of being accosted on the streets by groups of men wearing fatigues and face coverings while traveling in unmarked vans. The men were said to sneak up on those who have been participating in peaceful protests, covering the heads of those they’ve captured, then whisking them away in a cargo van — all without identifying who they are or why they’re detaining anyone.
Fearful captives said they were unsure if the men abducting them were undercover police officers, federal agents, military personnel, or gang members/mobsters kidnapping them for ransom. However, it didn’t take long to find out who was behind the madness: Donald J. Trump.
The tactical police were ordered by Trump and deployed by the Director of Homeland Security. They include officials from BORTAC (the Border Patrol’s equivalent of a S.W.A.T. team) which is a highly trained group that normally investigates drug smuggling organizations and not protesters in American cities. These “rapid deployment teams” are made up of officers from Customs and Border Protection, the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement who back up the Federal Protective Service. Regrettably, these agents have ZERO training in dealing with American citizens, since they were never created to act against their own neighbors.
Trump directed the secret agents to go after protesters who have been marching in US cities since May against systemic racism and police brutality directed at African-Americans. Trump’s order came under the guise of protecting monuments and federal property — which were desecrated or removed in cities where statues of racist figures were displayed. However, his motives in Portland are almost assuredly as sinister as the day he ordered the tear-gassing of protesters just so he could conduct a photo op. Trump wants to show Americans that he’s tough, so he’ll do almost anything at this juncture to salvage his flailing re-election hopes.
“I did nothing provocative. They just started waling on me with batons, and I let them.” – Navy veteran Christopher David
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said he’s worried that since the agents are unidentified, far-right groups could easily masquerade as them to go after their enemies on the left. “It becomes more likely the more that this tactic is used,” Castro said. “I think it’s unconstitutional and dangerous and heading towards fascism.”
Video footage out of Portland shows federal agents without identifiable insignias using tear gas on protesters, then pulling people off the streets and detaining them without explanation. Traditionally, these are military tactics during war. However, these acts have no place on the streets of America against US citizens.
City and state officials sounded the alarm against Trump’s secret police. However, ‘The Donald’ claimed via his Customs and Border Protection agency that he has authority under 40 U.S. Code 1315 to deputize other federal agents to assist the Federal Protective Service in protecting federal property, such as the courthouse in Portland.
With this thought in mind, The New York Times is reporting that “Trump’s occupation of American cities has begun.”
In case you were unaware, Portland is only a dress rehearsal.
Now, Donald Trump is preparing to send federal agents to Chicago as early as this week — and he specifically named New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Detroit, and Oakland as cities on his list for soon thereafter. His official reasoning is that he wants to crack down on illegal gun sales, gun violence, outstanding warrants, and the increase of crime in Chicago and other US locations. However, we all know and understand the method to Trump’s madness.
Donald Trump so desperately wants to be a dictator in the mold of Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, and others who control their citizens with an iron fist. He also wants to show his white supremacist supporters that these black rabble-rousers marching through the streets of America and yanking down confederate flags and symbols won’t destroy white heroes, white heritage, and white history.
Could a new civil war be far behind?
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In case you were unaware, Portland is only a dress rehearsal. […]- DJ
You’re darn skippy it is. Pure political theater. But not just political theater. It’s a dress rehearsal of authoritarian intimidation of the American people, using para-military like goons, who won’t think twice about beating the H*ll out of unarmed White male veteran if he so much as tries to communicate with them in Peace. Creeping. Fascism.
The FAKE alpha in the White thinks this makes him look tough. In actually, he just looks even more desperate and grotesque. And definitely more dangerous.