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Quote:The Trump administration is sending a tactical border patrol team to Seattle, making good on President Trump's pledge to use the full force of the federal government to protect federal property, The New York Times reports.

The team being sent to Seattle is similar to the teams that have already been deployed to Portland to fortify federal property that has been damaged by protesters who have dominated the city's downtown area since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the end of May.

Formally the federal officers are known as a Special Response Team and operate under U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), according to the Times.

“The CBP team will be on standby in the area, should they be required,” the Federal Protective Service said regarding the federal squadron.

A CBP spokesperson said that the team would only be used if the protests expected this weekend in Seattle escalate to a boiling point.

Mayor Jenny Durkan (D) told the Times in an interview that she had spoken with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) acting Secretary Chad Wolf earlier Thursday. Wolf told her that administration didn't have plans to deploy a large force of agents to the city and wouldn't do so without communicating with her first. Durkan said that she hadn't been made aware of the incoming federal team, but noted that DHS could be making a distinction between active agents and those on standby. The mayor made it clear to Wolf that Seattle did not need the assistance of federal officers.

“Any deployment here would, in my view, undermine public safety,” Durkan told the paper.

DHS spokesman Alexei Woltornist told the Times that the federal presence in Seattle would be smaller than that in Portland.

“There is no large-scale deployment of personnel to Seattle at this time. As threats warrant, any large-scale use of law enforcement assets will involve close coordination with local law enforcement,” Woltornist said. “There are no other cities across the country that have the same threats and lack of local law enforcement support as we are experiencing in Portland.”

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Seattle is within 100 miles of border, meaning they have jurisdiction.

Good for him

This type of potential response used to help keep civilized.

You didn't act like an anarchist because some average Joe would punch you in the face for being an Ahole

(07-24-2020 03:39 PM)solohawks Wrote:  This type of potential response used to help keep civilized.

You didn't act like an anarchist because some average Joe would punch you in the face for being an Ahole

Free for alls work in both directions. Notice the other clowns did nothing. Start knocking people out and they will think twice about going out at night and other people will start standing up for themselves.

Where are the local cops/traffic cops to take out the trash? Look at that line of cars behind these morons. Good to see they're wearing their little bike helmets, tho.

We need to see more of this. Fight back against these loons.

Deserves a medal.

Those were some loud thuds on the punches. Must've hit real hard. Good work.

America needs more brave men like this.

That protestor that got knocked the frick out should call the police.


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(07-24-2020 05:51 PM)shere khan Wrote:  That protestor that got knocked the frick out should call the police.


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Im sure this man will be arrested for assault

(07-24-2020 05:51 PM)shere khan Wrote:  That protestor that got knocked the frick out should call the police.


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I’m still amazed how shocked those nimrods are when someone pops them upside the head. There was a time when you did something like block traffic you expected to be punched in the mouth.

The truth is people have grown too comfortable disrespecting others. A punch in the mouth would do wonders for some.

(07-24-2020 08:52 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  I’m still amazed how shocked those nimrods are when someone pops them upside the head. There was a time when you did something like block traffic you expected to be punched in the mouth.

The truth is people have grown too comfortable disrespecting others. A punch in the mouth would do wonders for some.

There are no consequences for rude and uncivil behavior. It is encouraged