There have been reports form several Governor’s and Police Chiefs that those arrested at violent protest scenes have come from out of state…
This action by Barr is sure to be to make his boss Donald Trump happy…
The unit’s activated for Wash. D.C. and Miami in the below piece are NOT investigators….The are hostage response action agents….(Trump is in Washington and has property in Florida)…
Barr also directed local FBI field office’s to work with local and state law enforcement for any persons that might have broken federal laws in traveling to cause violence…
FBI agents are NOT supposed to act independent of local or state police commanders at protest scenes….In most cases Federal law enforcement officers DO have state enforcement powers though…
Attorney General William Barr is reportedly directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to deploy riot teams to Washington, D.C., and Miami as part of the Trump administration’s response to protests that have escalated in the days after an unarmed African American man died in police custody.
A senior Justice Department official told USA Today and The Washington Postthat the FBI also summoned its elite Hostage Rescue Unit to D.C. The official added that every FBI field office was setting up command posts and that they would work with local police to possibly bring charges against individuals who traveled from out of state to participate in rioting.
The FBI will review whether those in custody committed any federal crimes, the official noted.
The Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Prisons did not immediately return requests for comment from The Hill.
The moves from Barr and the FBI come just a day after mostly peaceful protests in D.C. and other cities erupted into violent clashes between some demonstrators and police that night….