Quote Originally Posted by Montmorency View Post
Hmm... I know feds broke up the Lafayette gathering for the infamous photo-op, but I thought local police were behind the organic instances I was seeing. Maybe I wasn't looking carefully.

https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-lea...154138680.html

This week, besides the National Guards, Trump has assembled a motley crew of hundreds of ICE, CBP, TSA, Coast Guard, correctional officers (prison guards), and others. If McNamara had his Morons, these must be Trump's ---
The videos I saw looked like they were federal troops since to my knowledge, DC police dont carry round riot shields (they carry rectangular ones) and in the videos of police brutality, such as with the journalists, it was cops with round shields. I might have missed some videos though and I dont doubt that there were some instances of DC police beating protesters. But DC is very used to protests throughout history so Im not surprised that DC is handling it better than others.

If the police stampede, just kind of shuffle out of the way. Don't speak or yell, maintain a neutral facial expression, and don't move. They can't see you if you don't move.


But in all seriousness I am not anticipating any issues except around the White House. A huge swath of downtown DC is being shut to vehicle traffic and the mayor's office seems to be in close coordination with the protest organizers. But I guess we will see. Just in case though I am bringing protective eyeglasses because I have seen too many pictures of people with eye injuries from nonlethal rounds, and how would I mod this forum if I lost my eyesight?