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Great job last night at the White House by the U.S. @SecretService. They were not only totally professional, but very cool. I was inside, watched every move, and couldn’t have felt more safe. They let the “protesters” scream & rant as much as they wanted, but whenever someone got too frisky or out of line, they would quickly come down on them, hard - didn’t know what hit them. The front line was replaced with fresh agents, like magic. Big crowd, professionally organized, but nobody came close to breaching the fence. If they had they would
have been greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen. That’s when people would have been really badly hurt, at least. Many Secret Service agents just waiting for action. “We put the young ones on the front line, sir, they love it, and good practice.” As you saw last night, they were very cool & very professional. Never let it get out of hand. Thank you!
Among the plaintiffs in the lawsuit was Aubreanna Inda, who was standing in the middle of a street before a phalanx of officers in riot gear when a blast ball hit her in the chest and exploded, causing her to go into cardiac arrest.
Others included a teenager whose finger was partially blown off, a disabled veteran with a cane who was tear-gassed and tackled and dozens who suffered hearing loss, broken bones, concussions, severe bruises, PTSD or other injuries, according to the lawsuit.
The case involved more than 10,000 videos, including police body-worn camera recordings, and hundreds of witness interviews.
An explosive new report from the Pentagon's watchdog agency has found that a D.C. National Guard general who allowed a medevac helicopter to fly low over terrified civilian protesters acted in accordance with orders that went as high up as the president of the United States, but also failed to provide clear and consistent direction on the mission.The June 1, 2020 incident involved a UH-72 Lakota medical helicopter that hovered low enough to send those on the ground fleeing from the rotorwash. The helicopter had been deployed as part of Guard efforts to respond to Washington, D.C. protests in the wake of George Floyd's death.
The new report, released Thursday by the Defense Department Inspector General, contradicts some of the Army's negative findings. Brig. Gen. Robert Ryan, the head of the D.C. Guard's Joint Task Force on Civil Disturbance, followed a mandate handed down from then-President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy to use all assets available to control the protests, the IG found. "Although [the D.C. National Guard's contingency plans] did not specifically address using aviation assets, the use of DCNG helicopters was reasonable based on: the emergency nature of the situation; direction from President Trump and Secretary Esper as relayed through Secretary of the Army McCarthy to [Walker] and [Ryan] to 'flood the zone' and to 'use everything available' to protect 'federal property and symbols,'" the new report found.
Military. com
originally posted by: SchrodingersRat
originally posted by: Threadbarer
a reply to: SchrodingersRat
This thread is titled Kristallnacht.
The OP compared Trump's legal woes to Kristallnacht.
There's no other way to take what the OP meant for this thread.
So what?
He's entitled to his opinion right?
You have a different opinion.
Welcome to ATS.
Get used to it or stay home.
originally posted by: arcticshuffle
Krystallnacht was a terrible event where the Nazis used gestapo tactics to take and/or destroy Jewish businesses, wealth, and really anything of beauty that was owned by Jews.
When discussing gestapo events and tactics, this one is often overlooked. Give it a look at wiki and see what you think.
In reply, please let us know what parallels you see in the current RICO-based effort against Trump’s property, businesses, wealth, and things of appeal or beauty.
I for one believe that it’s a remarkable re-boot of exactly what the Nazis did to the Jews. Shocking that these gestapo tactics are used right in our faces, in America, as pure politics.
originally posted by: AngryCymraeg2
originally posted by: arcticshuffle
Krystallnacht was a terrible event where the Nazis used gestapo tactics to take and/or destroy Jewish businesses, wealth, and really anything of beauty that was owned by Jews.
When discussing gestapo events and tactics, this one is often overlooked. Give it a look at wiki and see what you think.
In reply, please let us know what parallels you see in the current RICO-based effort against Trump’s property, businesses, wealth, and things of appeal or beauty.
I for one believe that it’s a remarkable re-boot of exactly what the Nazis did to the Jews. Shocking that these gestapo tactics are used right in our faces, in America, as pure politics.
You're the one comparing - directly comparing - Kristallnacht to what is happening to Trump. Those are your own words.
The comparison is ludicrous.
originally posted by: frogs453
I think a better comparison is Trump and Al Capone. Not the Nazi's and the start of exterminating 6 million Jews just for being Jewish.
originally posted by: Threadbarer
a reply to: arcticshuffle
I read the entire OP.
Do you deny that they are comparing Trump's situation to Kristallnacht?
originally posted by: arcticshuffle
originally posted by: AngryCymraeg2
originally posted by: arcticshuffle
Krystallnacht was a terrible event where the Nazis used gestapo tactics to take and/or destroy Jewish businesses, wealth, and really anything of beauty that was owned by Jews.
When discussing gestapo events and tactics, this one is often overlooked. Give it a look at wiki and see what you think.
In reply, please let us know what parallels you see in the current RICO-based effort against Trump’s property, businesses, wealth, and things of appeal or beauty.
I for one believe that it’s a remarkable re-boot of exactly what the Nazis did to the Jews. Shocking that these gestapo tactics are used right in our faces, in America, as pure politics.
You're the one comparing - directly comparing - Kristallnacht to what is happening to Trump. Those are your own words.
The comparison is ludicrous.
“Krystallnacht” does not equal the entirety of the Nazi WW2.
Perhaps this will help you ?
Every time I think we’ve given you enough of a clue, I’m wrong !
Bless your little heart; you tried.
originally posted by: StoutBroux
a reply to: Threadbarer
I don't see this as comparing Trump to the Jews. It IS COMPARING the Nazi's actions as a persecuting party that was so against Jews they tried to harm them in any and every way. Just like today, a certain group of people are trying to harm Trump and his supporters, doing anything and everything they can get away with to cause chaos, discord, harm and anything negative.