>>> TODAY, YOU CAN SEE ANOTHER

SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL LAW

ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE HERE, AND

WHAT'S REALLY BEEN KIND OF A

STUNNING MILITARIZATION OF CITY

STREETS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

THESE OFFICERS ARE FEDERAL LAW

ENFORCEMENT OF SOME VARIETY.

I WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU MORE

BUT THEY'RE NOT WEARING ANY

IDENTIFYING BADGES, AND

INSIGNIAS AND NAMEPLATES AND

WON'T TELL ME WHERE THEY'RE FROM

OR WHO THEY'RE WITH.

>> WHEN OTHER COUNTRY DOES THIS,

IN OTHER OVERSEAS INVASIONS THAT

THEY DON'T WANT TO CALL

INVASIONS, WE CALL THESE LITTLE

GREEN MEN.

PEOPLE WHO ARE IN MILITARY OR

PARA-MILITARY GARB AND SERVING

THAT FUNCTION, BUT NOBODY OWNS

THEM.

NOBODY SAYS WHO THEY ARE.

NOBODY ADMITS WHO THEY ARE.

THE PROTESTS AGAINST THE KILLING

OF GEORGE FLOYD HAVE CONDITIONED

FOR ANOTHER DAY, FOR A SEVENTH

STRAIGHT DAY IN DC, NOT JUST THE

DY NATIONAL GUARD PATROLLING THE

STREETS AND DC COPS, IT'S NOT

EVEN JUST THE NATIONAL GUARD

TROOPS FROM TEN OTHER STATES

THAT AREN'T DC THAT THE WHITE

HOUSE FLEW IN.

THERE IS ALSO THIS STRANGE OTHER

FORCE ON THE STREETS.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MAYBE.

AT LEAST IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

WEARING NO IDENTIFYING INSIGNIA

FOR ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY,

NO NAME BADGES, AND IN MANY

CASE, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE ASKED BY

PROTESTERS OR THE PRESS, THEY

WILL NOT SAY WHO THEY ARE OR WHO

PAYS THEM.

TAKE THESE GUYS IN HELMETS AND

TACTICAL VESTS, A REPORTER ASKED

WHO THEY WERE WITH, THEY WOULD

SAY ONLY THE DEPARTMENT OF

JUSTICE.

WHICH IS NOT REALLY AN ANSWER.

IT'S NOT LIKE THERE IS A GENERIC

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE POLICE

FORCE THAT EXPLAINS THAT.

ANOTHER REPORTER ASKED THIS

GROUP OF GENTLEMEN, IN RIOT

GEAR, IF THEY WERE WITH THE

BUREAU OF PRISONS, WHICH IS ONE

OF THE FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT HAS

DEPLOYED SOME OFFICERS IN

WASHINGTON.

THEY RESPONDED TO THAT QUESTION

WITH ONE WORD.

QUOTE.

MAYBE.

MAYBE WE'RE WITH THE BUREAU OF

PRISONS.

THAT'S CUTE.

I MEAN HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THESE

PEOPLE ARE WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE

AT ALL?

IF THEY'LL SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.

WE JUST TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT

THAT THEY'RE WITH THE DEPARTMENT

OF JUSTICE OR MAYBE THE BUREAU

OF PRISONS?

AND WHY ARE THESE GUYS WEARING

NO BADGES, NAMEPLATES, NO

INSIGNIAS?

HOW DOES THAT HELP THEM IN WHAT

THEY'RE DOING IN THE STREETS?

I MEAN THERE IS A REASON A

POLICE OFFICER WHO HAS THE POWER

TO STOP YOU, DETAIN YOU, USE

PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST YOU,

THERE IS A REASON THAT A POLICE

OFFICER HAS A BADGE NUMBER AND

NAME IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE ONLY

REASON AN OFFICER WOULD TAKE

THOSE IDENTIFYING MARKINGS OFF

IS TO AVOID ACCOUNTABILITY FOR

WHAT THEY'RE DOING, RIGHT?

IF THEY DO ANYTHING WRONG, IT

MAKES IT A DENIABLE OFFENSE, NOT

JUST BY THEM PERSONALLY, IF YOU

CAN PICK THEM OUT OF A LINEUP,

BUT ALSO BY ANYBODY WHO MIGHT

POTENTIALLY BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE

FOR HAVING ORDERED THAT

OFFENSIVE OR INJURIOUS OR

ILLEGAL ACTION AGAINST YOU.

IF THESE ARE JUST RANDOMLY

UNIDENTIFIABLE PEOPLE WITH NO

NAMES, AND NO AGENCIES

ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

WHAT DO YOU DO IF THEY VIOLATE

YOUR RIGHTS?

OR HURT YOU?

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO DID IT?

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO ISSUED THEIR

ORDERS?

>> BUT THE OTHER AND HONESTLY

DARKER PROSPECT HERE, EVEN

DARKER THAN APPARENTLY FEDERAL

LAW ENFORCEMENT, BEING DEPLOYED

IN THIS FASHION, AGAINST

AMERICANS IN AMERICAN STREETS,

EVEN DARKER PROSPECT HERE IS

THIS.

I MEAN WHO IS TO SAY THESE GUYS

ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT?

WHAT'S TO DISTINGUISH THESE

UNIDENTIFIED SUPPOSEDLY FEDERAL

FORCES FROM RANDOM SELF

MOTIVATED GUYS WITH GUNS WHO

WANTS TO COME DOWN TO THESE

PROTESTS AND PLAY CIVIL WAR AS

PRIVATE CITIZENS OR JUST HANG

OUT IN DC WITH THEIR MILITARY

STYLE WEAPONRY AND THEIR OFF THE

SHELF TACTICAL GEAR?

I MEAN ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE

OF A BIG ROWDY PROTEST, HOW ARE

YOU GOING TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN UNIDENTIFIED, UNNAME

BADGED FEDERAL OFFICERS AND SAY

THIS GUY, WHO SHOWED UP AT A

PROTEST IN COEUR D'ALENE IDAHO,

WITH A GUN BIGGER THAN HIM AND

TWO MORE STRAPPED TO HIS BACK

AND HIS SIDE.

HO YOU ABOUT THIS GUY WHO

DECIDED TO HAVE HEAVILY ARMED

TRAFFIC CONTROL AT A PROTEST IN

CASPER, WYOMING.

JUST HIS OWN SAY-SO.

JUST AN AVERAGE GUY WITH A GUN

STOPPING YOU IN THE STREET.

OR HOW ABOUT THESE RAMBOS AT A

RALLY IN NEW MEXICO WHO SHOWED

UP IN THEIR WORDS TO PROTECT

PEOPLE.

IF ONE OF THESE GUYS SHOOT YOU,

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FALL BACK ON

WELL, HEY, MAYBE HE WAS A COP?

MAYBE HE WAS A SOLDIER?

MAYBE HE WAS BUT WHO KNOWS MAYBE

HE WAS SOME RANDOM SELF

MOTIVATED P.E. TEACHER WITH A

READIT ACCOUNT AND A BIG WEIRD