Unmarked Security Forces in DC Spark Fear

[Old Greg]

Would you recommend a visit to North Korea?

Yes. Make sure you fill in the expense form properly.

[elsergiovolador]

Would you recommend a visit to North Korea?

If you want to see how far government can go to maintain status quo...

[scooterscot]

These protestors are armed with thoughts dangerous to the status quo. Obviously the government can't have it.

Would you recommend a visit to North Korea?

[elsergiovolador]

Special Forces against unarmed protestors on home soil?

These protestors are armed with thoughts dangerous to the status quo. Obviously the government can't have it.

[AtW]

They are called special forces for a reason - they are just no mentally capable of taking care of id. They only understand simple commands.

Special Forces against unarmed protestors on home soil?

[elsergiovolador]

They are called special forces for a reason - they are just no mentally capable of taking care of id. They only understand simple commands.

[AtW]

Illuminati is taking over, ZH says so!

[scooterscot]

Wozzers - really? Nameless guns for hire? Huge red flag...

US is really going down the sheeter. Fast.

Mistaken for mercenaries, armed personnel from federal agencies refuse to identify themselves to street protestors and media.

The presence of unmarked federal law enforcement officers, dressed in paramilitary uniforms and wearing no identifying insignia, quickly spread among protesters marching through Washington, D.C.’s streets on Tuesday and Wednesday, causing concerned protesters and officials to ask: Who are they?


In some locations, security personnel refused to identify themselves to journalists and protesters who asked which agency sent them, answering only that they worked for the federal government. In other places, they identified themselves as working for the Department of Justice. Some carried rifles, or were equipped with body armor, riot shields, and pepper spray canisters.


Two such clad security members in Washington on Tuesday night identified themselves to Defense One as part of a specialized emergency response force run by the Bureau of Prisons — part of the Justice Department — to help maintain security at correctional facilities. They and others are part of what’s known as the bureau’s Special Operations Response Teams, or SORTs. NPR reported on Monday that Attorney General Bill Barr had ordered BOP to send its specialized riot response teams to assist with the local D.C. law enforcement with the civil unrest that has engulfed downtown Washington this week.

source: Who Are They? Unmarked Security Forces in DC Spark Fear - Defense One