Today marks the end of a momentous week in American history. The president has not changed over the course of the week: he is still dismantling checks and balances in favor of his own power. With the help of Attorney General William Barr, he has taken control of the law enforcement teams that make up about 132,000 federal law enforcement officers and, taking advantage of the fact that Washington, D. C., is not a state, has turned nearly 3000 members of those forces loose on the protesters in the capital to join the 4000 others there from different forces. About half of the federal officers come from the FBI, ATF, Secret Service, DEA, and CBP; others come from 80 other, smaller, forces, and answer to the executive branch of the government.
June 5, 2020
June 5, 2020
June 5, 2020
Today marks the end of a momentous week in American history. The president has not changed over the course of the week: he is still dismantling checks and balances in favor of his own power. With the help of Attorney General William Barr, he has taken control of the law enforcement teams that make up about 132,000 federal law enforcement officers and, taking advantage of the fact that Washington, D. C., is not a state, has turned nearly 3000 members of those forces loose on the protesters in the capital to join the 4000 others there from different forces. About half of the federal officers come from the FBI, ATF, Secret Service, DEA, and CBP; others come from 80 other, smaller, forces, and answer to the executive branch of the government.