WATCH: Trump’s Masked Officers Tase Delivery Man in D.C.
The confrontation was caught on camera by a bystander and shared with The Bulwark
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S takeover of the Washington D.C. police department has left the capital city increasingly on edge, as confrontations between residents and masked law enforcement officials grow more common and aggressive. On Saturday morning, a group of officers with vests that said only police tased what appeared to be a deliveryman. The confrontation took place on 14th Street, one block from Le Diplomate, a popular brunch destination for Washington’s political elite. The officers refused to identify themselves. The incident was caught on video by a person who sent it to The Bulwark.
A separate angle was captured by a reporter for The Washington Post. The Metropolitan Police Department said the officers were not with the MPD.
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Did that masked “police officer” just say that “liberals already ruined [the country]”? How can any non-Trump follower or so-called liberal expect fair treatment from this roving gang? And how can a secret, clearly political police force be roaming our nation’s capital, a liberal city? And why would we, liberal and non-liberal citizens, be expected to fund such a thing??? And what of non-Trump supporting law enforcement? If someone doesn't disband this Gestapo-style unit, Americans may lose all faith and trust in law enforcement on every level, for generations.
The nearly-universal quality in almost all of the highest-profile cases of abuse by ICE/CBP/DHS is that bystanders used cellphone cameras to record events.
It is an urgent lesson to all. First and foremost, before heckling agents, before throwing anything at them, before protesting them… RECORD THEIR ACTIONS. Expose them, to the World Wide Web, but especially for the benefit of victims’ lawyers.
Always have your cellphone at the ready. Get close, to get the best video. Get identifying information. Names, faces, badges, license plates, vehicle identification info.