I used the burning Bible image in this story: God sent Moses a message in a bring bush, to bad he didn't send Trump one in a burning Bible
The above illustrations were prompted by the news that was reported in HuffPost here as well as elsewhere:
William Barr’s Vast, Nameless Army Is Being Brought To Bear On D.C. Protesters — Federal law enforcement officers are operating on American streets without identification, which experts say breeds a culture of impunity.
Just a few hundred feet north of the White House on Wednesday afternoon, armed agents of the federal government, dressed in a patchwork of colors and protective gear, stared down peaceful protesters demonstrating for Black lives. Yet what was perhaps most alarming was what was not visible on many of the officers: any insignia revealing their identity or even the name of the agency they work for.
MSNBC’s Garrett Haake, who was struck by rubber bullet Live on air (story), posted this on Twitter:
From Chris Murphy United States Senator from Connecticut since 2013.
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- As part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on anti-racism protests in Washington DC, federal agents wearing no uniforms or insignia have been patrolling the streets.
- The men have refused to identify themselves, but reporters have managed to establish that they are from the Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
- In a statement, the BOP said that the officials were not wearing identifying clothing "as they are serving a broader mission."
- Law enforcement experts say officials operating with no identifying insignia can evade accountability and spread confusion. Business Insider
You can begrudgingly hand it to whoever made this decision to use officers who are trained to quell riots in prisons.
Trump, if he spoke German, would say that his attempt to “dominate” anyone who dared enter the “battle space” to oppose him was mein kampf, i.e. my struggle. Hitler had a cadre of subordinates to whom he delegated various horrendous responsibilities. One of the lesser known was Heinrich Müller who ran the Gestapo.
Müller was central in the planning and execution of the Holocaust and attended the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, which formalised plans for deportation and genocide of all Jews in German-occupied Europe—The "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". He was known as "Gestapo Müller" to distinguish him from another SS general named Heinrich Müller.
He was last seen in the Führerbunker in Berlin on 1 May 1945 and remains the most senior figure of the Nazi regime who was never captured or confirmed to have died. (Wikipedia)
Now Trump has his own Müller in the person of William Barr. It remains to be seen whether Barr will evade justice like Müller did when we have a Democrat as attorney general.