https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/us/politics/justice-department-armed-officers-election.html
WHAT THE FUCK?!?!
Probably posted already but deserves it's own thread.
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NY Times: Armed Agents Are Allowed in Ballot-Counting Venues, Justice Dept. Tells Prosecutors
- Thread starter Wag
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/us/politics/justice-department-armed-officers-election.html
WHAT THE FUCK?!?!
Probably posted already but deserves it's own thread.
Until such time as we get confirmation that the Justice Department is sending out armed agents and those armed agents are actually interfering with the count, I wouldn't panic. It's a legal memo from the Justice Department telling its prosecutors what it thinks it can do with its federal agents. These are not yet marching orders, and, if they were, we would've seen it at ballot-counting locations by now.
It sounds like to me it's the justice department's own interpretation? Can't the states just interpret the law their own way and bar federal agents from entering? If the feds try with force, then I don't see how that helps the feds look legitimate.
A shootout between state troopers and federal agents sounds like civil war to me.
A shootout between state troopers and federal agents sounds like civil war to me.
This might be a good thing. There are cameras in all of these places with watchers. The angry mobs of trump fanatics are starting to form outside the offices. These guys hopefully are for protection.
There have been people showing up and protesting while people count. I'm guessing they'll be there to make sure it doesn't get out of hand.
Yep and not just usa ones, other countries have news there live too, it isn't like they can secretly walk in and start shit, this is probably more to placate trump who is freaking the fuck out and demanding it be done, this is just to shut the idiot up.
Might be wrong about the location, but I think people in Detroit were actually inside yelling at the people counting to stop lol.
EDIT; I think the video I seen earlier was edited or something.
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It doesn't sound like marching orders, but could def be abused in a particular situation. From what I've heard ballot counting is a somber boring detail and the idea of needing armed security just doesn't sound right.
