[Edward64]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Trump Has Flooded DC With Law Enforcement Officers Who Won’t Identify Themselves – Mother Jones

Apparently, these are Bureau of Prisons riot teams.

SI

No private army (or at least not as pervasive as some would claim) per CNN. Good thing there is additional context, fact-checking to the twitter feeds.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/polit...-dc/index.html

The city's status as a district, not a state, allows the President, and in turn the federal government, more leeway. Combined, at least 5,800 troops, agents, and officers have taken to the streets of the District.

Among them are personnel from the national guard, US Secret Service, US Park Police, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Drug Enforcement Administration, US Marshals Service, Bureau of Prisons, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Protective Service and the Transportation Security Administration.