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| 2020-06-24 | |
| [FoxNews] Hundreds of troops with the Washington, D.C., National Guard have mobilized to protect monuments in the nation's capital, a Pentagon spokesperson has confirmed. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt requested the action earlier this week, as protesters target statues and other historical markers during ongoing demonstrations in the wake of George Floyd's police custody death in Minneapolis at the end of May. The Pentagon confirmed that roughly 400 D.C. Guard members have been activated and are on standby. "Since their activation, none of the National Guard members have been dispatched to actual monument locations to provide assistance to the NPP," Pentagon spokesperson Lt. Col. Christian Mitchell said in a statement. "They remain on standby at the DC Armory at this time. They will support U.S. Park Police at key monuments to prevent any defacing or destruction." Mitchell noted that the National Guard members are unarmed and "will serve as a uniformed deterrence" and in a "crowd management capacity."
The Lincoln Memorial and WWII Memorial were also defaced in earlier protests. During a protest on Tuesday that took place in front of D.C.'s Emancipation Memorial, one demonstrator announced that on Thursday they would tear down the memorial's statue of Abraham Lincoln standing over a freed slave. President Trump warned Tuesday morning that anyone caught vandalizing monuments or any other federal property would be subject to arrest and face up to 10 years in prison under federal law. D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, meanwhile, announced a more formal measure against the Emancipation Memorial, stating that she will introduce a bill calling for the statue to be removed from its home in Lincoln Park and placed in a museum. "Although formerly enslaved Americans paid for this statue to be built in 1876, the design and sculpting process was done without their input, and it shows," Holmes Norton said in a statement. "The statue fails to note in any way how enslaved African Americans pushed for their own emancipation. Understandably, they were only recently liberated from slavery and were grateful for any recognition of their freedom." She noted that at the statue's unveiling, keynote speaker Frederick Douglass "expressed his displeasure" with it. | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #19 1 in 6 BLM protesters are black, Pew Research. |
| Posted by: Shans Bumble4663 2020-06-24 23:40 |
| #18 Stupid stupid stupid. Give the Guard guys a chance. Rifles, ammo, bayonets, body armor, laser goggles for EVERYONE. Good Lord. Give one in three grenade launchers with beanbags. Great deterrent, even through body armor. If the commies still close on the Guard, shoot them, and in the unspoken (mostly sorta except for TW, bless her) but maybe actual Rantburg rulz, aim for the feet. No killing Americans (commies but whatever) just fuck up the rest of their lives. Forever. They deserve it. I have had it. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2020-06-24 22:21 |
| #17 Pilum would be useful or if you want the New World try the Atlatl. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-06-24 21:06 |
| #16 Prob some coordinated bootcamp beatdowns would do the trick. Finished with a throat stomp. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-06-24 20:48 |
| #15 We could take up a collection to give the guard some rusty bayonets, machetes covered in questionable substances and some good old Zulu Assegai for some good old hippy sticking. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2020-06-24 19:44 |
| #14 NG not armed? Not a good idea. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2020-06-24 17:26 |
| #13 How is The Wall holding up? Have not heard anything about it being attacked. I believe antifa is planning something at Gettysburg. |
| Posted by: bman 2020-06-24 16:09 |
| #12 Dunno about their concern for optics. They're threatening to tear down the Emancipation Memorial, funded by donations from freed slaves, featuring a statue of an actual freed slave, and site of a speech by Frederick Douglas on its premier. I suspect they're afraid of the Tomb of the Unknown because it has armed guards. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2020-06-24 16:01 |
| #11 Interesting these bums have steered clear of Arlington and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. I guess the people orchestrating this know that would be bad PR in a big way. I also haven't heard of any activities at any of the other National Cemeteries or any of the major Civil War battlefields. Too much out in the open for a quick getaway. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-24 15:53 |
| #10 And remember when the Taliban were destroying national treasures left and right? |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-06-24 15:25 |
| #9 220kV you mean? |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-06-24 15:24 |
| #8 Three phase 220. Stand back and watch. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-06-24 15:10 |
| #7 Seems to me you just do what is done at college football stadiums to prevent the goal posts from being torn down: grease that sucker up real good (teflon spray and skunk essence, perhaps) |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-24 14:44 |
| #6 You don't need hundreds unless you are just playing make believe police action. Heck about 75 licensed militia with authority to shot to kill could wrap this up rather quickly. Don't get close to them. Leave them alone. You'll have no problem. Play stupid lower primate games, get bagged. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-06-24 14:37 |
| #5 When will we see these people puty in jail and held there until properly arraigned and a high bail set for insurrenction charges? Dont have jail cells? The Guard can set up razor wire, tents & army cots, portajohns and cold showers, pink jumpsuits & flipflops, and serve nutraloaf, no TV. |
| Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-06-24 13:02 |
| #4 South Dakota Gov. Noem vows to protect Mt. Rushmore: We won't stand for 'radical rewriting of history' |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-06-24 12:36 |
| #3 Charlie Hurt: Trump will have to do more than just criticize protesters destroying statues and monuments |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-06-24 12:35 |
| #2 Tucker Carlson: The mob tearing down America's monuments is an arm of the Democratic establishment |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-06-24 12:34 |
| #1 Trump to sign executive order protecting federal statues, monuments |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-06-24 12:33 |