Discussion · bonfire.cafe

Washington DC folks:

"Police have set up a checkpoint and appear to be stopping every single car on 14th st NW, between W+V, here in northwest DC. Some cars are being pulled over after being stopped.

Some police are wearing “HSI police” vests (Homeland Security Investigations)"

Can confirm this has been vetted by trusted organizations & people I know.

https://bsky.app/profile/annackramer.bsky.social/post/3lwd5ww7ie22e

Barry Cook

@bazcook@mas.to replied · last month

@shauna - remember all those old films where regular citizens or travellers would be stopped on trains or at roadblocks and and the demand to ‘see your papers’ was from a terse guard with an East Bloc accent?
Welcome to the US.
The guard may have an accent from Alabama or Texas or wherever the government hired former January 6 participant from, but the effect is the same.

Feeling Great yet America?

GrumpyDad 🇺🇦🇵🇸

@grumpydad@infosec.exchange replied · last month

@shauna Question from across the pond: is this legal over there?

Ned Hamson

@nedhamson1@mastodon.social replied · last month

@shauna all show, no go

huntingdon

@huntingdon@mstdn.social replied · last month

@shauna

The Feds are now stopping ALL traffic at 14th Street between V and W, NW DC?

That's adjacent to the highly popular, generally liberal, nightlife area known as the U Street Corridor. Lots of young people, lots of eating and drinking. It's also two or three blocks from a large Metro PD branch.

This is fucking around for photo ops. It's not lowering crime or making anyone safer. It's bigfooting for the camera.

Greg Spooner

@gregspooner@ohai.social replied · last month

@shauna

😡 resist fascism 😡

Kevin Russell

@kevinrns@mstdn.social replied · last month

@shauna

Epstein.
Epstein.
Epstein.
Epstein.

Trump is overreaching in terrifying manner to protect himself, the filthy disgusting man.

#coup #militaryTakeOver

Shauna GM

@shauna@social.coop replied · last month

The people of DC mobilized to warn drivers and people on buses upstream of the checkpoints. They also gathered around the checkpoints, booing the law enforcement officers.

https://bsky.app/profile/jbendery.bsky.social/post/3lwdaf6r4j22k

PedestrianError :vbus: :nblvt:

@PedestrianError@towns.gay replied · last month

@shauna Were they boarding buses and harassing the passengers? Why would WMATA let them do that? It's governed by a board with members from MD & VA as well as DC. They need to figure out immediately what their policy is for dealing with this if they don't already have one.