House Republicans continue GOP’s affront to law enforcement

[Golden Duck]

The fence was procured by USSS to secure a perimeter.

 

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On the morning of June 1, the Secret Service procured antiscale fencing to establish a more secure perimeter around Lafayette Park that was to be delivered and installed 
that same day. The USPP, in coordination with the Secret Service, determined that it was necessary to clear protesters from the area in and around the park to enable the contractor’s employees to safely install the fence. The USPP 
planned to implement the operation as soon as the fencing materials and sufficient law enforcement officers arrived at the park. Six other law enforcement agencies assisted the 
USPP and the Secret Service in the operation to clear and secure areas near the park.

... The USPP incident commander told us that around mid- to late afternoon, the Secret Service UD 
WHB deputy chief info1m ed him of the President's potential unscheduled movement to Lafayette Park. The USPP incident commander said the Secret Service UD WHB deputy chief told him that the President's visit would likely occur later that day or in the evening, after 
protesters had been removed from the area. The USPP incident commander told us that he could 
not recall the specific time he learned about the President's potential visit to Lafayette Park. 
When we inte1v iewed the USPP acting chief of police, he told us the USPP incident commander 
told him sometime between 3 and 5 p.m. about the President's potential visit to assess the 
damage to the park; although he could not identify precisely when dming that 2-hour period he obtained this info1m ation, he confmned that he learned of the potential visit before the DCNG an ived in Lafayette Park at approximately 5 p.m. The USPP acting chief of police's notes for his 
testimony before the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 28, 2020, reflect that the 
Secret Se1vice advised the USPP incident commander at 4:50 p.m. on June 1 that the President 
would make an unscheduled visit at some point that day to assess the damage. The USPP acting 
chief of police told us he could not recall the source for the time in his notes. 
Both the USPP acting chief of police and the USPP incident commander stated they were not 
told a specific time for the President's potential an ival and that learning this infonnation did not 
change their operational timeline. The USPP acting chief of police said, "I can tell you with 
100 percent ce1iainty that the Secret Se1vice and the Park Police ... timeline did not change the 
entire day." 

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https://www.doioig.gov/reports/review/review-us-park-police-actions-lafayette-park

The need for the expanded security perimeter is not explained.

[lightly]

2 hours ago, Grim Reaper 6 said:

That’s certainly possible, but it could also have been a message to members of the extreme far right.

  An overwhelming percentage of which would proclaim to be Christians? ..Bible believing, God fearing, American Patriots?  Like Donald j. 
what other message would holding the Bible send to the extreme far right?
   Paranoid Android,  I’d be interested in your view on Why trump stood there ,in front of a church, holding a bible, at times waggling it about and pointing at it…as if he knew what is inside.       ..I wish we had a PUKE  emoji.  

Edited April 18 by lightly

[Grim Reaper 6]

20 minutes ago, lightly said:

  An overwhelming percentage of which would proclaim to be Christians? ..Bible believing, God fearing, American Patriots?  Like Donald j. 
what other message would holding the Bible send to the extreme far right?
   Paranoid Android,  I’d be interested in your view on Why trump stood there ,in front of a church, holding a bible, at times waggling it about and pointing at it…as if he knew what is inside.       ..I wish we had a PUKE  emoji.  

I agree with you.