DHS Accused of Redefining Protest Activities as 'Violent Tactics'

DHS Threat Bulletins Uncovered

• 🎯 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is communicating to police that common and innocuous protest activities should be considered violent tactics.
• ⚠️ This reclassification allows law enforcement to respond with force even when no actual violence is present from protesters.
• 🚨 These threat bulletins were issued during last month's 'No Kings' protests, anticipating increased confrontation with DHS.

Redefining Protest Behaviors

• 🎭 Guidance urges officers to view items like masks, flashlights, and cameras as potential precursors to violence.
• 🚴 Protesters on bicycles, skateboards, or on foot are framed as potential scouts conducting reconnaissance or searching for weapons.
• 📸 Livestreaming police encounters is listed alongside doxing as a tactic for threatening police, implying that public visibility is inherently threatening.
• 📢 Posting tweets or photos from a protest is categorized as 'surveillance sharing', a radical act and precursor to violence.

Ironic Definitions and Justification for Brutality

• 🎭 The DHS bulletins ironically include both protesters attempting to avoid identification and efforts to identify police as warning signs.
• ⚖️ This broad redefinition leaves protesters with few actions that are not considered a precursor to violence, justifying potential overreactions.
• 📺 The justification for classifying recording police as a violent tactic is compared to the idea that video games cause violence, highlighting its perceived absurdity.
• 🚨 The situation is presented as a justification for brutality with no motivation, allowing authorities to overreact to any action, however innocuous.

Community Garbage and Heroes of the Week

• 🗑️ The community voted Trump as the garbage person of the week for blaming Biden for Texas floods while simultaneously denying it.
• 🇲🇽 The President of Mexico was named hero of the week for sending aid to Texas after the floods, contrasting with other political responses.