Hundreds of federal law enforcement personnel remained deployed throughout the nation's capital on Tuesday after President Trump activated them to respond to protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed by police in Minnesota last week.
The Justice Department on Monday deployed personnel in Washington from the FBI; Drug Enforcement Agency; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Marshals Service; and Bureau of Prisons. The Homeland Security Department sent officers from the Federal Protective Service and Customs and Border Protection. Military police and National Guard personnel were also stationed around the White House on Tuesday. They joined the Secret Service and the Interior Department's U.S. Park Police, who have been on the scene since the onset of the protests.
Larry Cosme, president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, said all of the federal officers newly positioned in downtown Washington this week volunteered for the assignment. Cosme, until recently a Homeland Security Investigations officer, noted the officers had all received relevant mobile field force and deescalation training.
"If they charge at you, it’s a little bit of a different ballgame," he cautioned, adding, "They feel up to the task."
Here is a look at what Government Executive observed of the federal response on Tuesday afternoon:
Pictured above are DHS Federal Protective Service personnel. The officers were not engaged directly with the vast majority of the protestors. Instead, the appeared to be assisting street closures and peripheral crowd control. They were positioned between two federal buildings near the White House that had sustained some damage in earlier protests. FLEOA's Cosme said some office ..
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