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AUGUST 2020 Blues Vol 36 No 8

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AUGUST 2020 Blues Vol 36 No 8

WORDS BY SGT. T.F. WOODS

WORDS BY SGT. T.F. WOODS View From Ground ZERO To begin with, I don’t live in gets left behind. Watch your six. an armed individual that threatens Texas and I’ve never heard of The I get it and I understand it. me or my team, I have still a Blues. But a law enforcement Tonight, as we gear up and get Glock that will take them out. friend of mine does live in Texas ready to hit the streets, you can While I won’t identify myself, and has read The Blues for see the uncertainty in the eyes of I will say that I’m a sergeant per spray cans being used. They lances are also staged behind isn’t protesters. These are 100% the past 25 years. When he sent my brother officers. For those of and tonight I have 10 men and come prepared and they come the CP. Any of your guys get hurt, troublemakers. Their mission is me a link to last month’s issue, I us that served, the M4 a shorter 2 women officers assigned to loaded. And our job? Stand there get them there ASAP.” to seek out and destroy every- read it from cover to cover and more compact version of the my squad. Our assignment is and hold the line. And keep them “And Sarge, tonight we’ve thing in their path. Cops, patrol related immediately to the War M16 rifle used by most military, to go downtown and keep several from taking over city hall, police implemented Operation T.A.G. cars, buildings, anything of value. Story about Pct. 8. I was one of feels comfortable. For those thousand protesters from headquarters, and other prime We’ve got SWAT snipers locat- When you get up close to the cops on the street that night. that haven’t served, I see how destroying our city. Out of the targets I won’t mention. ed on rooftops all throughout these people, you can see one I noticed the author didn’t use his nervous they are carrying a rifle thousands that show up, only It’s now 12am, and my squad the area. They have UCs on the of two things in their eyes. Fear real name nor the real names of as their primary weapon. What about 15% are what I call ‘paid and I have arrived downtown. ground in the crowd. Once they or rage. Either they are scared the people involved. And I know pisses me off, we’re loaded with instigators.’ They are being bused We met up the evening shift identify a suspect inciting or shitless to be here or they hate why. Because our mayor and rubber bullets and told not to into our city, obviously paid by commander and he advised me arming, they will pull them from you and want to kill you. Or at police commissioner have completely fire at protesters unless your life some radical or left-wing group, of what’s transpired since this the crowd, zip ‘em and transport least hurt you. The ones that are lost their minds. Rath- if threatened. That goes against to infiltrate the peaceful protes- ‘event’ began at 1700 hrs. Our to the CP.” scared, probably came down er than back the rank and file, everything the military or the tors and get them to rally against assignment is to keep the crowd Ok Lt. we’ve got it from here. here thinking ‘aw it’s just a calm they have joined these left-wing police academy teaches you. the police. contained between 8th and I briefed my team and we fell protest no big deal. Then all hell radicals in their quest to dismantle If your life is in danger, you job And by that, I don’t mean yell 9th Avenues and south of Main in behind the troops already on broke loose and suddenly they not only our department but is to put the suspect or ene- and scream, and shove “BLM” street. This area is only 2 miles the front lines. The screaming are in the middle of a full-scale cops in general everywhere. This my down. So, what the hell are or “I can’t breathe” signs in our from a major interstate. Under and yelling is so loud, it’s nearly riot. is what it’s like in my city, on my we doing here. I’m confused as face. I mean they are providing no circumstances are we to allow impossible to hear the radio in For the next few hours, we shift, in this war zone. to why we are even lining up water bottles, hammers, wooden the crowd to gain access to your ear. In less than 5 minutes, move the crowd south, keeping Having served two tours in against these violent thugs. Now stakes, and anything they can that freeway. I’ve already been hit by several them as far away from city hall Iraq, I know what a hot zone let me just say, getting hit with find that will injure us to the “The command post is set up dozen water bottles and God and the freeway entrance as looks like. I know the fog of war. a rubber bullet fired from a M4 crowd. They are arming otherwise at Congress & 7th. They have knows what else. As I look out possible. The T.A.G squads are I know what death looks like. I will do more than leave a mark. unarmed protesters and en- multiple buses being used for over the crowd, I think to myself, working their asses off, as I’m know that in battle, your goal It’s going to hurt like hell. But couraging them to throw everything temporary holding and staff on we’ll at least tonight they’re all seeing more and more assholes is to kill the enemy before they it isn’t going to kill you. And if they have at every cop they hand to handle the booking pro- wearing face coverings. LOL. But I being jerked backwards and then kill you. And to protect the men you are wearing body armor, its can find. In some cases, I’ve seen cess. Just zip up, walk them over assuming it’s not to protect them disappearing behind the crowds. and women, that serve with you. barely going to leave a mark. But smoke and flashbang grenades, and drop ‘em off. EMT’s, Paramedics from COVID, it’s so they can’t be I hear status reports ever now Everybody goes home. Nobody it is what it is, and if faced with as well as tear gas and pep- and a number of ambu- identified. And tonight’s crowd Continued on Next Page 24 24 The The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE The The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE 25 25

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