[sheikdetailfeather]

Hmmmm....

[GeronL]

intimidation

Keep this up and the younger ones and the sheeple will begin to believe that the TEA party must be criminals.

[Cowboy Bob]

These photos, one showing “armed” DHS guards, were reportedly taken at the St. Louis IRS protest.

These people in the photo should be identified, subpoenaed, and brought to testify under oath.

Who sent them? What were they supposed to report about? What other Tea Party rally's did you attend?

[DoughtyOne]

These folks are convinced the Tea Party people are terrorists. It baffles me why. What has any Tea Party person done so far? I can’t remember anything.

Of course Obama can’t either...

[Domangart]

Everything is infested with Homeland security The USSS got to keep their badges but the empire continues to expand.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

I thought the sequester cut funds for security... at least, that’s what we’ve been told...(rolling eyes). Guess Benghazi wasn’t important ...

[ComputerGuy]

Beware of feds calling themselves ‘Police’. That’s a tactic designed to get people used to taking orders from them in situations involving civil issues. In almost all cases, they have zero authority to enforce state and local laws. Remember that and challenge them.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

More intimidation.

[Jack Hammer]

Uh... because watching Moslem terrorists would be too dangerous, that’s why.

[Portcall24]

They’re itching to use some of that ammo.

[tanknetter]

What is unclear though is why federal officials felt the Tea Party presence required more than the attention of local law enforcement.

The protests were taking place at Federal Buildings/Facilities (where the IRS offices are located), right?

Every picture I've seen of the "DHS" presence at the protest were of FPS Officers - Federal Protective Service. These are the Federal Officers tasked with protecting Federal ... Buildings/Facilities.

I mentioned on another thread that there's a routine Friday pro-Palestine/anti-Israel protest by geriatric Caucasians (I think one is an ex-hippie/academic and the other 3 or 4 are old white guys paid by her to hold her banner while she passes out her literature) at a Federal Building near me. FPS is ALWAYS there too. Sometimes the K9 unit shows up too. They're easily identified by their white Tahoes (as can be seen in the pictures from yesterday's protests)

Conservatives who are going down this road are making themselves look foolish and paranoid ... and are doing the Conservative Movement and Tea Party a huge disservice by reinforcing the exact stereotypes Liberals/Progressives want to smear us with.

Any sort of mass gathering outside a Federal facility is going to draw interest and presence by those tasked with protecting it. Unless the officers were actively trying to illegally disrupt and disperse the protest, big freaking deal.

[silverleaf]

It’s got to be pretty brave to protest the tyranny of a govt that has purchased millions of rounds of hollow point ammo

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

They were looking for an opportunity to test those fine fancy new bullets they got.

[drpix]

Those “DHS Agents” and their vehicle were from the Federal Protective Service. The FPS has been around for decades, but it was not until post 9/11 when it was moved from the General Services Administration and placed into that newly created (& Chuck Schumer sponsored) behemoth police agency called DHS.

The same FPS police would have been there to protect federal property 20, 30 or 40 years ago - but they would not have been under the control of a Soviet style Commissar like Napolitano controlling a Soviet size police bureaucracy that has been aggregating more and more power every year.

In light of IRS scandal revelation, it would be reasonable to investigate whether Napolitano is now using the FPS to gather information on peaceable protesters and if so were is that information being disseminated.

[Jim Noble]

Why Were DHS Agents Seemingly Monitoring Multiple Tea Party IRS Protests?

Why did the SA stand outside of Jewish-owned shops?

Most people don't need to be intimidated. They just need to know what to believe, and to know what "they" want.

The Administration is moving ahead on multiple fronts, using very sophisticated disinformation and intimidation techniques, and has succeeded so far in concealing the high-level coordination that is required to pull it off.

They're close, very close, and they can taste it.

[Redleg Duke]

Hey, when you stand-up a secret police, ya gotta make use of them!

[Fitzy_888]

THE DHS Grants Itself the Authority to Deploy Troops in American Cities Without Presidential or Local Approval
http://beforeitsnews.com/obama/2013/05/u-s-military-grants-itself-the-authority-to-deploy-troops-in-american-cities-without-presidential-or-local-approval-2-2451234.html

32 CFR part 182
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-04-12/html/2013-07802.htm

[Biggirl]

The revolt has started.

[COBOL2Java]

That’s easy! The DHS was put together to protect the country against illegal intruders. Yesterday afternoon, the Tea Party protesters were “illegal intruders”...