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Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months ago

'There have been threats' against FEMA workers in North Carolina, sheriff says

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'There have been threats' against FEMA workers in North Carolina, sheriff says

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Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months ago
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Man arrested for allegedly threatening to harm FEMA workers in North Carolina
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The sheriff's office in Rutherford County, NC, announced Monday that they'd arrested a man and charged him with allegedly threatening to harm Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) workers in the area. William Parsons, 44, of Bostic, NC, was charged with "going armed to the terror of the public," according to a statement from the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office provided to ABC News. The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office statement said deputies on Saturday investigated reports in the vicinity of Lake Lure and Chimney Rock that a "white male had an assault rifle and made the comment about possibly harming FEMA employees" working in the area.
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    I’d honestly be surprised if FEMA didn’t have an armed paramilitary branch like all the other agencies do.

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      Just shooting into the sky like Yosemite Sam

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        started-blasting

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      You’d figure National Guard is that point but they’re too busy blowing up the Middle East to Guard the Nation.

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        Nah I’m talking wild shit like the Department of Energy’s Federal Protective Forces, or United States Postal Service’s Postal Inspectors, or the National Institutes of Health’s Division of Police.

        I looked into it a bit more for background info and I found FEMA’s under the the DHS, so whatever squirrelly paramil outfits the DHS runs can be allocated to FEMA I’d presume.

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          AFAIK the Secret Service was started as the militant anti-counterfeiting wing of the Treasury. Only later on did they get protection details for US politicians and their families.

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