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TexasTowelie

(116,501 posts)
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 02:06 AM Jul 2020

President Trump to deploy federal agents in Detroit as part of 'Operation Legend'

Federal agents are coming to Detroit in the next three weeks to combat what the Justice Department called a “sudden surge of violent crime,” the White House announced Wednesday.

The deployment is part of “Operation Legend,” which the Trump administration has billed as a “sustained, systemic and coordinated law enforcement initiative” to aid local police.

The deployment is much different than the one Portland, Oregon, where camouflage-clad federal officers have clashed with protesters and even grabbed demonstrators from the street and stuffed them in unmarked, rented minivans.

Mayor Mike Duggan said he supports the deployment of federal agents, as long as they are not dealing with what have been largely peaceful protests.

Read more: https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/07/23/president-trump-to-deploy-federal-agents-in-detroit-as-part-of-operation-legend
(Detroit Metro Times)

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President Trump to deploy federal agents in Detroit as part of 'Operation Legend' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2020 OP
trumps using our own law enforcement people against us as a weapon duforsure Jul 2020 #1
The Dork's Orks ride again. Sinistrous Jul 2020 #2

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
1. trumps using our own law enforcement people against us as a weapon
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 04:42 AM
Jul 2020

For his political gains. That's what fascist do. He will soon be using the FBI for that too against all who oppose him.

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