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Oh, they should definitely look into if anyone pays "Code Pink"...
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Trump federalizing DC police, deploying National Guard in capital crime crackdown
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Troops in DC encounter few crises, but plenty of walking and yard work
For nearly a month, Guard members hailing from D.C., Louisiana, West Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ohio, South Dakota and Georgia have donned their Army fatigues to help combat what President Donald Trump’s administration has called “intolerable risks” to federal government functions in Washington.More than a dozen Guard troops who spoke to Military Times on the condition of anonymity in recent days view their current deployment as “part of the job” but say they simply haven’t seen “emergency” levels of crime since being assigned to the D.C. mission.
“Have I seen [an emergency]? I’d better not answer that,” one Guard member said, shaking his head. “Besides people falling off the steps, not really.”
Some troops walking around the nation’s capital said they feel like an experiment, a “test force” to see if this type of deployment could be replicated elsewhere.
[in re beautification] A National Park Service official told Military Times on Thursday the service had lost between 130 and 180 national capital region employees, in addition to manpower loss due to the administration’s freeze on maintenance contracts.
“There is this little bit of irony about the fact that the administration did all these cuts, and then went to the buyouts, and now the National Guard started kind of making up for that,” said the official.
Cutting 130 to 180 employees from the D.C. parks would have likely saved millions of dollars for American taxpayers, but the savings amount to a fraction of what the Guard deployment will end up costing over the course of multiple months.
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Deputy AG Blanche says 'organized' Trump protesters could face criminal investigations
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said people who noisily protest President Donald Trump could face criminal investigations if their actions are tied to organizations that seek to inflict "harm, terror or damage" on the president."Is it sheer happenstance that individuals show up at a restaurant where the president is trying to enjoy dinner in Washington, DC, and accost him with vile words and vile anger? And meanwhile, he’s simply trying to have dinner," Blanche said in an interview on CNN.
[As I understand it, they made reservations, but I don't think that counts as 'organization' in any criminal sense. nor is it harm/terror/damage]
Trump, when asked Sept. 16 about Bondi's remarks about "hate speech," lashed out the reporter who asked the question, Jonathan Karl of ABC News.
"We should probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. [This too is not harm/terror/damage] It's hate. You have a lot of hate in your heart," Trump said to Karl. "Maybe they'll come after ABC."
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of three justices who make up the court's liberal bloc, weighed into the debate over free speech on Sept. 16. “Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, `That law school failed,’” she said at event on civic education.
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Trial starts in (misdemeanor) assault case against D.C. man who tossed sandwich at federal agent
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, said he expects the trial to last no more than two days “because it’s the simplest case in the world.”[Defense lawyer points to Jan6 pardons and assault case dismissals to argue this is selective prosecution.]
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She needs to handle it the same way she will when people start throwing sandwiches at her.
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Why would any one even know who she is? (The only "she" I can find in this story is the defense lawyer, who is not named in the post.
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The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.'
They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
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Lairmore testifies that other agents gave him a plush sandwich toy, which he placed on the shelf in his office, and a patch that said "Felony Footlong," which he put on his lunch box.
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Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
WASHINGTON — Jurors showed no appetite for the Justice Department's case against "sandwich guy," the D.C. resident who chucked a Subway sandwich at the chest of a federal officer, finding him not guilty Thursday after several hours of deliberations.The jury — which feasted on sandwiches for lunch Thursday, according to a person familiar with jury lunches — deliberated the charges for several hours Wednesday and Thursday before delivering the verdict.
In closing arguments, defense attorney Sabrina Shroff argued that a sandwich could not and did not cause harm.
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The guy is a vet. Served with the Air force and did time in Afghanistan. He worked at the DOJ and was fired by Bondi for this.
Brings a new meaning to the term 'petty'. These people are truly beneath contempt.
Brings a new meaning to the term 'petty'. These people are truly beneath contempt.
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I love the juxtaposition of a literal army of dudes dressed to the teeth in all this insane tacticool gear that would make a Russian invader in Ukraine feel jealous... being brought down by a hoagie. We are truly living in the dumbest of timelines.
Glad the jury saw it that way too.
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Chille sauce! Hit the floor! He's got a ham roll loaded with chille sau...
Thwack!
Man down! We have a man down!
Groan...
It's ok buddy. You're going to make it! Milk! Dear heaven, where is the milk!
Tell...cough, cough...tell Jenny I...I love her...
Thwack!
Man down! We have a man down!
Groan...
It's ok buddy. You're going to make it! Milk! Dear heaven, where is the milk!
Tell...cough, cough...tell Jenny I...I love her...
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Assault was overcharging. They should have just charged him with disorderly conduct. Surely you don’t think it’s okay to throw things at people, even if you don’t like them
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Offensive behaviour at a push. The officer should have just looked at the guy and said 'Really?' Surely they're trained to not over react. His colleagues are having fun at his expense putting plastic sandwiches on his work desk. That's all it's worth - a minor press report that's worth a joke or two. ICE and The DOJ come out of it looking pathetically idiotic - which is the only newsworthy aspect of it all.
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I mean, c'mon. That's actually funny. Positively Pythonesque.
'Did you see what happened? A mob broke through the police ranks in DC, killed a few of them, took some hostage and now there's armed rebellion in a dozen cities. It's the start of the next Civil War. Trump has fled to the UK. Parts of the army are joining the rebels. It's madness! How could it have come to this?'
'Well, this was this guy with a ham roll and he threw it at a fully armed officer in riot gear. The rest, as they say, is history'.
They'll call it the Subway War in times to come.
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Once they see someone else get away with it, others will do it. People are already disobeying, resisting arrest, interfering with lawful arrests. The guy should have been arrested for disorderly conduct. If you lose in court so be it.
I knew an officer that arrested someone for disorderly conduct for giving him the middle finger. The judge said that is not disorderly conduct and dismissed the case. As court continued the officer went to the back of the courtroom and yelled Excuse me your honor!! Everyone turned around, the judge said Yes, what is it? The officer raised both middle fingers and said You have a nice day. Everyone was laughing so hard court had to be cancelled for the day
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Of course. People will be turning up with sandwiches, hot dogs, sausage rolls, meat pies, croissants...I mean, where will this madness end.
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