Down goes Marx! Down goes Marx!
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The judge in this case needs to make an example out of this guy and not be so concerned with whether or not his bowel movements are healthy.
15th and Independence right after J.D. Vance’s motorcade passed through ... well, that’s highly suggestive. But ....
I was on a grand jury about two years ago. It was a specialized grand jury dealing only with gun possession cases. In the great majority of cases presented to us, the testifying officers were from MPD, both regular patrol officers and detectives. We heard a couple of times from Transit Police; WMTA provides bus and rail service not only for DC but also into Maryland and Virginia, so the District, two states, and multiple counties and independent cities. Metro Police are multi-jurisdictional. We heard regularly fron U.S. Park Police; D.C. has many NPS sites, and this incident happened right off the Mall. We heard a couple of times from U.S. Capitol Police and uniformed Secret Service, if something went down within or adjacent to their perimeter. I don’t recall that we heard from any of the military organizations, but we did hear from DEA and FBI, generally in cases in which they were working with MPD detectives and were involved in a raid and arrest.
The point is, all these agencies have overlapping jurisdictions and strive to work as seamlessly as possible on the street. They back each other up. The mere presence of Secret Service at a scene by itself is not conclusive. The passage of Vance’s motorcade on a major access route to the White House would explain why they were there. The incident itself might have been triggered by something else entirely.
The link goes to a self back-patting paean to NBC with nothing about a mall shooting.