☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoPolice fatally shoot man near Republican National Conventionwww.wpri.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down11cross-posted to: us_newsusa@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareChronicon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-24 months agoThey’ve pulled in cops from around the whole region/probably country (I saw one from as far as georgia). The feds threw $75 million at EACH convention just to cover security for this year Unicorn Riot has good coverage of it https://unicornriot.ninja/2024/mobile-field-force-policing-model-funded-for-milwaukee-republican-national-convention/ it serves as training for the pigs to bring the latest tactics back home to use on their locals
They’ve pulled in cops from around the whole region/probably country (I saw one from as far as georgia). The feds threw $75 million at EACH convention just to cover security for this year
Unicorn Riot has good coverage of it
https://unicornriot.ninja/2024/mobile-field-force-policing-model-funded-for-milwaukee-republican-national-convention/
it serves as training for the pigs to bring the latest tactics back home to use on their locals