U.S. Marshals and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents were deployed into the streets of D.C. move to beef up security alongside local police, Secret Service …
U. S. Marshals and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents were deployed into the streets of D. C. move to beef up security alongside local police, Secret Service and Homeland Security agents, the Justice Department confirmed. U. S. Attorney for D. C. Mike Sherwin is heavily involved in the operation, Fox News has learned.
A senior official in the direct chain of command for defending Washington D. C. told Fox News that at least 50 Secret Service officers were Sunday night and that some rioters were throwing bottles and Molotov cocktails. As observed in New York City and elsewhere, groups in D. C. are planting cars filled with incendiary materials, Fox News is told.
In addition, the entire Washington, D. C. National Guard was being called in to help with the response to protests outside the White House and elsewhere in the nation’s capital, according to two Defense Department officials. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said Sunday that she had requested 500 DC Guardsman to assist local law enforcement. Later on Sunday, as the protests escalated, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy ordered the rest of the Guardsman — roughly 1,200 soldiers — to report.
Lights that normally illuminate the exterior of the White House were disabled early Monday morning, reportedly so that the Secret Service could use night-vision equipment to monitor protesters.
Other related developments:
— Trump on violent protesters: ‘Where are the arrests and long-term jail sentences?’
— Semitrailer speeds toward crowd of protesters on Minneapolis bridge; driver arrested
— Jason Riley: Media coverage gives false impression that Floyd incident ‘happens to black people every day’
— Famed DC monuments defaced after night of protests
In addition to the violence in Washington, D.
