The word "engage", in context, clearly means "talk to". I'm pretty sure there are no "existing liaison relationships" between the Secret Service and the FBI covering getting into a firefight with each other.
A good thing, the FBI was taking a chance because Melania or Barron or President Trump could have traveled there at any time. For security, if possible the hourly movements of those guarded by the Secret Service are known to a very small number of people.
Perhaps most shockingly, the FBI team included a medic to tend to anyone “injured” during the raid. The operations order identified a nearby trauma center with directions how to get there:
FBI Authorized Use of Deadly Force During Mar-a-Lago Raid
Newly unsealed documents in Special Counsel Jack Smith's espionage case against Donald Trump demonstrate the FBI's plans to use deadly force--even if the former president arrived at the scene.www.declassified.live
Not a two-tiered system of justice?
Trump was not at his Florida property the day of the search. FBI agents specifically sought to avoid a confrontation with Trump, choosing a day when Trump would not be at the property and giving the Secret Service a heads-up, The Washington Post previously reported.
Shooting him probably would've been excessive, but can you imagine if they'd had to taze him? I think I'd laugh so hard, I'd need to be sedated.
There were so many lies about basic election security. Blacks supposedly did not have ID and thus Republicans were supposedly trying to stop blacks from voting. That was big with Democrats until so many blacks stepped forward pointing out how crazy it was and how far from reality it was.
I think this thread is straying off-topic. I thought we were here to discuss how a routine Ops plan, a copy-paste job of the FBI's boilerplate use-of-force policy, and the use of the word "engage" somehow signified that the FBI was going to pull a hit job on Trump.
While I'm someone who thinks voter ID is a good idea, the GOP misrepresented the problem
Minorities do have ID. Republicans at the national level support not allowing noncitizens to vote In Washington D.C. and want legislation that requires states to require some kind of proof of citizenship, such as passports or birth certificates. If you don't need to require proof of citizenship for a university ID or handgun license than I and many many others would be against it, and it may not comply with the proposed federal legislation.While I'm someone who thinks voter ID is a good idea, the GOP misrepresented the problem
Report shows young people, people of color less likely to have valid photo identification
Millions of voting-age Americans lack a current government-issued photo ID, even as a growing number of states enact new or stricter voter ID requirements, according to an analysis released today by University of Maryland researchers and a leading voting rights organization.phys.org
The reality, "lack of government issued ID" is an issue that disproportionately impacts certain demographics more than others.
It also doesn't help the GOP claim of "it not being a political thing" when they started picking and choosing what forms of photo ID would be accepted.
For instance, Texas (and I believe a few other states) would allow a concealed handgun license (which is actually issued at a county level) as a valid form of voter id, but not a verified photo ID from a Texas state university (which is tied to state-level data)
Gee, I wonder why... I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that a person with a CCW permit is statistically more likely to vote republican, as to where a person who's a 23 year old college kid is statistically more likely to vote democrat, does it?
Tyranny is not a laughing matter. The Biden White House acted illegally when they authorized the raid on Mar-a-lago.
I'm fairly certain that the White House (Biden or otherwise) has no say in whether the FBI can conduct a raid to retrieve illegally-withheld classified files.
Thank you for your ever-insightful, thoughtful, and unbiased take.
