Authoritarian USG Takes Shape

The Capitol Police are expanding into Florida and California. They are the special police for Congress and are not subject to Freedom of Information Act requests.

HuffPo: The Capitol Police Are Not Subject To Freedom Of Information Laws. Jan. 6 Could Change That.

Unique among major law enforcement agencies, the roughly 2,000-officer department that secures Congress isn’t subject to a transparency law that allows the public to access official records. As a branch of Congress, which is excluded from FOIA, no such law applies to the Capitol Police. When presented with FOIA requests, it’s common for the agency’s counsel to respond simply that it doesn’t have to comply. In 2005, Congress passed a law that gave the Capitol Police more latitude to shield records the department deemed sensitive from public disclosure.

...The Capitol Police have drawn scrutiny over the years for arresting journalists and protesters, use-of-force incidents and discrimination allegations. But documents surrounding such events are often inaccessible unless they’re produced as the result of a court case. The agency shields basic records, like Office of Inspector General reports, from the public.

“A lot of people are rightfully asking really tough questions of the Capitol Police and the reality is that, unlike most police departments, we’re going to have a really tough time getting answers,” said Michael Morisy, chief executive of MuckRock, a news outlet devoted to public records access and reporting. “They have a track record of not being transparent about their operations, especially when there’s scandal or scrutiny.”

Federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI or Immigration and Customs Enforcement have public disclosure requirements under FOIA. Local police departments typically have similar responsibilities under separate state laws.

Washington Examiner: Capitol Police expansion to California and Florida prompt fears of government overreach

Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman announced Tuesday that the department would open field offices in San Francisco and Tampa. The offices, Pittman said, will “investigate threats to members of Congress,” and more regional offices will be announced in the future.

In the movie Escape From New York, the country created a federal police force to deal with out of control crime. Democrats in various cities are defunding police and letting crime skyrocket. George Soros and other left-wing activists supported district attorneys in the 2020 election who are letting murderers walk free.It's hard to pick a worst of the bunch, but lately the one he supporteed in St. Louis, Kim Gardener, is not showing up in court. Judges are letting murderers walk as a result.

KSDK 5: 'Kim Gardner is a poor excuse for a prosecutor': Family of murder victim outraged after charges dropped, suspect freed

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s office has “essentially abandoned its duty to prosecute those it charges with crimes.”

This according to St. Louis Circuit Judge Jason Sengheiser, who dismissed a murder case Friday after Gardner’s prosecutors failed to appear for multiple hearings on the case.

Brandon Campbell is accused in the shooting death of Randy Moore back on April 9, 2020.

St. Louis police told the I-Team murder suspect Campbell is now free, despite a statement from Gardner’s office saying it re-filed the charges and that he is in custody.

This wasn't a mistake. This has been going on for months in this case alone and the judge was fed up.

Why is the upper echelon of the ruling class unleashing murder and mayhem on the poorest and most vulnerable Americans, while unleashing an authoritarian police state on their political enemies? It's clearly an effort to push a federal police force that will put the ruling class in total control over that nation. Between this power and the lockdowns, all political and economic life will be controlled in Washington, DC.