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So it appears that the soldiers in Portland are actually contractors for Black River. That is the firm USA hires to provide security in the Middle East. Mercenaries actually. Black River is owned by Betsy DeVos brother.
JustAnotherGen
(31,937 posts)Her brother.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)He is now part of an equity firm Frontier Services Group. That company is supposed to be doing security work too.
Wouldn't surprise if he had his corrupt nose in this though.
JustAnotherGen
(31,937 posts)He owns Frontier Serv Corp in Hong Kong . . . funny they've been conducting 'mercenary' flights for China - yet they didn't go on the expanded list that the Dept of State put out a few weeks ago for denied parties in HK. Hmmm . . .
Demonaut
(8,931 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,899 posts)If this information were to come from a more reputable source, though, it would certainly be believable.
Reader Rabbit
(2,624 posts)...I haven't heard this information from any credible sources. Yet.
It wouldn't surprise me, but we need more evidence.
walkingman
(7,671 posts)of Trump soon enough . Not only him but those that continue to support him are despicable. Sadly that includes some of my family - right-wing "so-called" Christian nutjobs.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,909 posts)Heck, double check most of what you read here.
If you can't find an independent source you feel you can trust, it's probably not true.
Also, Snopes.com is a wonderful resource.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)PTWB
(4,131 posts)elleng
(131,196 posts)the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unit that is coordinating the crowd control effort an agency called the Federal Protective Service (FPS) is composed largely of contract security personnel. Those contractors are being furnished to FPS by major private-sector security companies like Blackwater corporate descendant Triple Canopy as well as dozens of other private security firms.
In fact, FPS spends more than $1 billion a year on these contract security guards who are authorized to conduct crowd control at federal properties, such as those in Portland. And, based on available photographic and document evidence, it appears those private contractors are now part of the federal force arrayed in Portland and are likely to be part of the federal response President Trump has promised to stand up in multiple other cities, including Chicago, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia and other urban centers led by Democratic mayors across the country.'>>>
https://medium.com/@wkc6428/the-lead-federal-agency-responding-to-protesters-in-portland-employs-thousands-of-private-db137349f8b0
Triple Canopy is the name I've seen.
Runningdawg
(4,526 posts)If I buy copy of the NY Times is that a more trusted source than reading FROM the times on FB?
These assholes were hired to remain anonymous. They could take no chances on one not being loyal. Black River, Black Water...it makes no difference who they are related to. The POTUS is using hired assassins to clear the streets. You don't need FB or the NYT to explain that to you.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,026 posts)Kaleva
(36,360 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)Academi provides security services to the United States federal government on a contractual basis. Since 2003, the group has provided services to the Central Intelligence Agency. In 2013, Academi subsidiary International Development Solutions received an approximately $92 million contract for State Department security guards.
In 2014, Academi became a division of Constellis Group along with Triple Canopy and other security companies that were part of the Constellis Group as the result of an acquisition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi