A new report from the inspector general of the U.S. park police paints a chaotic picture of law enforcement formulating a plan to clear Lafayette Square in Washington D.C. and put up higher fencing amid protests last summer, a scheme foiled by poor coordination, unauthorized use of tear gas and a surprise visit by President Donald Trump.
Organized fascists or disorganized fascists are still fascists.
So, apparently the only way to describe this is “complete cluster fuck.”
Ummmm…OK…but WHY were there ‘plans were already in motion on June 1, 2020 to clear out protesters and ring the park with higher, anti-scale fencing to separate officers and protesters.’ They weren’t allowed in the Park? Peaceful or not? And this was happening then but they IGNORED all the signs before Jan. 6??? Huh?
Then, even before the commander had given the final warning, Secret Service, the USPP and Arlington County Police Department civil disturbance units all deployed, visibly surprising many of the protesters. The warnings, hard to hear and incomplete as they were, also did not point protesters towards a safe pathway to exit that would have allowed them to avoid the oncoming officers.
This maybe a form of kettleling. This was used the St Louis City Police back 2017(?). You corral the protesters without an exit, so that you can use your tear gas, arrest people for not dispersing, and knock a few heads.
In the StL case they kettled protesters that were leaving a protest. They trapped them in an intersection. The police also arrested restaurant patrons that were on the sidewalk having smoke.
It was a good thing that the Rolling Stones cancelled their concert because the StL cops arrested the Rolling Stones audio engineer and some lighting guys, they were smoking on the sidewalk. The cops also arrested residents an apartment building that came down to see what was going on.
So just because the National Park Police had a plan it sounds like Metro and the officers from the Correction’s riot goon squad had other ideas.
I skimmed this article and saw a bunch of references to police miscommunication, chaos, agency turf wars, clusterfuckery and general mayhem and thought I was reading about January 6th. Must have been a trial run.
OT: Joe is talking to troops over in England. Sounds positive and well-received.
Not sure if they are our troops or Brits.
President Biden is going to spend money to buy a half-billion doses of vaccine to give to poor nation’s of the world.
Donald Trump gave that much and more to his friends.
Who’s the Christian, conservatives?
OT…Oh shit:
When hiring is based on “does he/she look the part” instead of competence this is what you get. Remember “Heck of a job Brownie”? R’s don’t seem to care about compentent folks running things like D’s do. I remember Bill Clinton making the pitch that he would put someone in charge of FEMA who understood emergency management and that was almost 30 years ago.
Mildenhall is one of our air bases there. Likely would be both as we share facilities with our allies.
That makes sense. The message sounds primarily aimed at Brits.
He is speaking to U.S. personnel. No doubt there are some Brits in there as well. It is an RAF airbase after all.
Until they make inspector generals independent from agencies they inspect, this shit is going to happen over and over and over.
IGs exist to cover up shit at agencies and make sure no shit sticks to the people who are literally in charge of them.
Sorry, this sounds like total bullshit to me. From top to bottom.
What a mess. Is this a consequence of Trump impulsively deciding to make a speech on the spot and everyone else being forced to jump to it to see that Trump doesn’t get himself and other people killed?
For his next act, the IG will find that the Japanese bear no fault for Pearl Harbor.
The Deep State won’t even make him walk down an inclined ramp when he leaves.
“Royal Air Force Mildenhall, more commonly known as RAF Mildenhall, is a Royal Air Force station located near Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. Despite its status as a Royal Air Force station, it primarily supports United States Air Force operations, and is currently the home of the 100th Air Refueling Wing.”
Technicalities schmecnicalities. We’re the liberating force, it’s our base. 
After all, if it weren’t for us, it would be Luftwaffe Mildenwerk or somesuch.