Force Against Protesters Was Necessary Because Of… Drug Traffickers, Feds Assert | Talking Points Memo

The supposed presence of “drug trafficking organizations” at protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death justified the use of “escalated force” at the demonstrations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection claimed in a memo revealed Wednesday.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1312660

That accusation is just Looney Tunes.

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Lemme see… knee on neck…“Want some drugs? This is the perfect place…no cops around”

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The supposed presence of “drug trafficking organizations” at protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death justified the use of “escalated force” at the demonstrations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection claimed in a memo revealed Wednesday.

Write down the name of this ignorant propagandist mouthpiece and provide it to the next administration. The subsequent fumigation should not miss the removal of this miscreant.

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They’re witches, see? We gave em the teargas test and they started coughing and running, so clearly they are witches. Now we get to burn them at the stake.

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Let’s just call BS on that one.

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“Is the war on drugs over yet?,” asked Piglet.

“I guess not,” said Pooh.

“Fuck,” said Piglet.

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Is it me, or have we entered the quarter-finals of the tournament to out stupid each other?

They’ve missed the irony of using the war on drugs to justify their behavior of criminalizing black people with the war on drugs.

“Remember folks, it’s not a war on drugs, it’s a war on personal freedom.” - Irasdad’s Icon :wink:

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that is simply absurd. All of Trump’s federal appointees and imbedded fascists need to go.

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Drugs is a goto excuse for Federal LE.

“Give us more money”
“Why?”
“ Because drugs and people will die.”

“We need giant surplus military vehicles and equipment.”
“Why?”
“Because drugs and people will die.”

And so on. I’ve been there.

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Did they turn the DEA into newts?

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I missed that. I was under the impression that the assault was necessary because too many dogs had not been properly watered while at the protest with their negligent owners…umm…yea…that was it for sure, right?

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Yesterday CBS news showed the Santa Monica White Surfer’s Cartel looting stores, stealing Surf Boards:

Perhaps it was just a cover for their drug smuggling business at Santa Monica Pier.

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Nonetheless, at the top of an incident report dated Tuesday, the Homeland Security agency said that “due to nefarious actors and drug trafficking organizations using these protests as façades […]

“…with calves the size of cantaloupes.”

I guess we know what Steve King’s next gig is going to be now.

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Somebody realized that brute force against innocent protesters is not a good look. Have to invent a bad guy to justify clearing lawful protesters so Trump can take a walk.

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Yes, but they got worse.

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Lie after lie after lie.

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I think the CBP leadership were the only ones that would put out this shite. They’re running out of patsies. They’re now down to Patsy with coconut shells.

ETA:image

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Makes no sense at all. Drug sellers are like any other shopkeepers, they do not like riots. The last thing drug traffickers want is cops all over the place. Actually in Mexico there is this tactic cartels use against their rivals called “calentar la plaza” (heating up the town). They go and commit some atrocity in a city controlled by a rival cartel forcing the Federal government to deploy the army there disrupting the rival’s operations.

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I was talking to my sister last night, she lives in Austin. She was puzzled by why looters would target Academy Sporting Goods stores. Her son had to clue her in that they were going for the guns.
And there’s this story from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about a group discussion on Facebook that were planning on stealing guns from pawn shops.

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