On Monday night's MSNBC airing of The Rachel Maddow Show, Maddow talked about the over militarization of federal agents, called people to action in protests against these agencies, and erroneously criticized President Trump’s handling of the L.A. riots as a “portrait of weakness.” Maddow took particular issue with federal agents wearing protective equipment to protect themselves from violent leftists trying to harm them.
Maddow started her criticism of ICE agents in San Diego last week by saying they were “over-militarized” “like they were invading Afghanistan”:
This time last week you might remember we brought you this story of a bananas, totally shambolic, like over-militarized, bizarre raid on an Italian restaurant in San Diego. Where the whole community came out to say, ‘what the heck are you doing?’ And the confused and bewildered HSI officers from Homeland Security Investigations, who were dressed up like they were invading Afghanistan. They responded to the neighbors turning out and yelling at them by throwing what appeared to be flash bang grenades at all the neighbors, so they could carry out a raid on busboys and waiters at this local Italian restaurant. That was last week in San Diego.
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