These private military organizations spring up to help offset the lack of preparedness during the foolish invasion...
These private military organizations spring up to help offset the lack of preparedness during the foolish invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan but now they're being deployed against anti-corproate peaceful protestors. Originally shared by annie bodnar The documents provide the first detailed picture of how TigerSwan, which originated as a U.S. military and State Department contractor helping to execute the global war on terror, worked at the behest of its client Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the Dakota Access Pipeline, to respond to the indigenous-led movement that sought to stop the project. ... As policing continues to be militarized and state legislatures around the country pass laws criminalizing protest, the fact that a private security firm retained by a Fortune 500 oil and gas company coordinated its efforts with local, state, and federal law enforcement to undermine the protest movement has profoundly anti-democratic implications. The leaked materials not only ...