I'm looking for something to throw at a lib. I'd thought that DC coordinated the crackdowns but I can't find anything at all, all the news sources I can dig up either make vague claims based on Biden's speeches or don't talk about any kind of coordination.

I'd be frankly shocked if the waves of repression across the country weren't coordinated in some fashion by some body. Since US policing has been steamlined and vertically integrated since 9/11 I assumed their would be documents showing it was coordinated by federal authorities through police intelligence fusion centers, national intelligence briefs, things like that but I cannot find anything. Before I eat my crow and admit I was wrong does anyone have anything showing federal coordination and involvement?

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[–] Frank@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah I'm just kind of shocked that there apparently isn't any evidence of federal coordination of a nation wide violent police response. It's a lot easier for me to accept "The feds helped/coordinated/did it" than believing a bunch of useless uni admins pulled together effective national scale police repression without help, especially given the enormous number of mechanisms that have been built up since 9/11 for exactly this kind of wide-spread repression.

[–] Runcible@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

but who's going to report on it?

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

Iirc it took a while after Occupy before we got the confirmation that the feds were working hand in hand with the banks to shut down the protests. I'm sure it's just a matter of time.