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NEW Law enforcement has deep concerns about the inauguration. SecService is establishing a parameter w 15K NG troops. Officials are preparing for a worst case scenario of act. shooters. Extremists are already plotting more riots online. w/ @helenecooper https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/politics/biden-inauguration-security.html?smid=tw-share
Complicating the security effort further, Chad F. Wolf, the head of the DHS, announced that he would be resigning as acting secretary at midnight Monday. DHS includes the Secret Service, which is leading inauguration security. Wolf will remain w/ the agency as under secretary...
"Defense Department officials have not made a final decision on whether National Guard troops will be armed; but even if they are initially unarmed, the troops will not be far away from their weaponry, the officials said."
The USSS said the inauguration was designated a “National Special Security Event,” putting the agency as the clear coordinator with the support of other federal agencies. Security experts have said such a designation would have helped prevent the breach of the Capitol last week.
Ralph Basham, a former SecService director, said law enforcement cannot hesitate against a Pro-Trump group that gets out of line. He echoed concerns of a double standard in policing shown at the Capitol last week....
“I heard somebody say law and order for the blacks and protect and serve for the whites. You can’t have that. You can’t have that,” Mr. Basham said. “You have to administer justice equally across the board.”
Ugh. ***perimeter***
