Federal Reserve Police Tells Reporter to Stop Filming

Live Leak ^ | Feb 11 2009

[Lorianne]

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[MahatmaGandu]

There are "Federal Reserve" Police now?

Yep. Nothing new.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Police

[Lurker]

The "Federal Reserve ****** *****" is coming soon.

I'd ask you very kindly not to dishonor the name of the United States Marine Corps in that fashion, sir.

Semper Fi.

L

[Texas Fossil]

From Wiki:

To be a Federal Reserve Law Enforcement Officer one must attend a district Federal Reserve Police Academy and be sworn in as a Federal Law Enforcement Officer.

The Federal Reserve Police is nationally accredited by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation (FLETA). Additionally, all Federal Reserve Police Instructors are FLETC certified.

[KarlInOhio]

On a routine “broll shoot” for a news story, I was just filming wide shots of the Federal Reserve building in Washington DC. I was on the public sidewalk, no tripod, with a medium sized camera. I had filmed the White House, Treasury, Capitol Building, and National Academy of Sciences with no problem. 45 seconds into filming the shoot, Federal Reserve Police approached claiming I was breaking the.....

That's because the White House, Treasury, Capitol or even the National Academy of Sciences aren't in charge of the country.

[Toddsterpatriot]

the Federal reserve is privately owned by the biggest mafia thugs on the face of this earth.

LOL!

It has nothing to do with our government

Nothing? Really?

[Clioman]

There are “Federal Reserve” Police now?
The “Federal Reserve Marine Corps” is coming soon.

Just wait until they get some airplanes...they can call it the Servile Air Patrol

[jonascord]

That pretty much answers my question about whether that "oath" thingy JBTs like to wave around, about "preserve, protect and defend" actually applys to the Constitution, or to loyalty to The Great Leader of our Soviet Socialist Republic...

Let's see, how do you design a guillotine?

[MahatmaGandu]

How true.

[ml/nj]

Yep. Nothing new.

You say "nothing new."

I wonder what makes you say this. I went to the Wiki link you gave and found out that there are over a thousand of these guys, they have SEVEN HELICOPTERS(!) and have only been around since 2001. In other words, they are a George W. Bush Administration creation. The Federal Reserve was around for the better part of a century without this CRITICAL Organization of Federal Employees authorized to ply with guns. We should get rid of them, and auction off their helicopters.

ML/NJ

[Toddsterpatriot]

Isn’t the federal reserve a private banking entity...and not part of the government?

It is part of the government.

[Mr. Jeeves]

I'd ask you very kindly not to dishonor the name of the United States Marine Corps in that fashion, sir.

I am not dishonoring them. But watch what interests Obama will choose to use them in service of, and think back to the words of Smedley Butler.

[rbmillerjr]

Here is something to consider.

We are in a period of turmoil in our financial markets.

I would find it very plausible that if we really have people trying to get into the heads of terrorists, it would be likely that it may be on a heightened list of possible terrorist targets.

So, security could be at a higher level around Fed Reserve Banks etc.

[Mase]

Good grief. Next they'll be saying that the Mafia (who runs the Fed by the way) murdered Kennedy. Wasn't Sam Giancana Fed Chairman back in ‘63?

[KrisKrinkle]

“...two guards with semi automatic guns...”

Guards armed with semi-automatic guns should not be noteworthy.

[Lurker]

My tongue was planted firmly in my cheek my good man.

Best,

L

[steve86]

The real terrorists are not outside taking pictures they’re inside making policy.

[MahatmaGandu]

Before that the Federal Reserve was protected by United States Police (US Marshalls, really) and when the FRP was formed most of the force came from USP who transitioned to the new agency. It really is nothing new.

And if you go to any US court you'll typically see US Police patrolling the area around the court house.

[ravingnutter]

It is part of the government.

Hmmm....from the ninth circuit court in 1982:

"Examining the organization and function of the Federal Reserve Banks, and applying the relevant factors, we conclude that the Reserve Banks are not federal instrumentalities for purposes of the FTCA, but are independent, privately-owned and locally controlled corporations." [Lewis vs. U.S., 680 F. 2d 1239, 1241]

[MahatmaGandu]

I was under the recent perception that the Federal Government was merely a part of the Federal Reserve.

[Tailgunner Joe]

There is an easy way to determine whether or not the Federal Reserve Bank is part of the government or not. Just look it up in your phone book. You won’t find it in the blue government pages. You’ll find it in the white pages, right next to “Federal Express.”