So first of all, they claim the justification for these new branch offices is to "help investigate threats against lawmakers". Which, without any elaboration on their part, can be interpreted as narrowly or broadly as they wish.
U.S. Capitol Police said because the majority of threats come from Florida and California, they decided to open two field offices: one in Tampa, and one in San Francisco.
The field officers are a first for the agency and may play a role in identifying future threats.
The spokesperson said the first field offices will be located in the Tampa and San Francisco areas, and that more locations are planned in the future.
So the federal government is using the supposed threat of terrorism, as an excuse to expand its own reach and powers.....gee where have we seen that before?
I've commented several times my view that the intent of the "defund the police" movement is to secure support for "police reform" that would allow for a federal law enforcement agency. But, this new justification is a lot simpler and makes even more sense.
They've already gone overboard with trying to make the Capitol Riot out to be the worst thing since 9/11 and Pearl Harbor. They keep calling it 1/6, they have journalists and politicians crying about the impact and trauma, and the rioters themselves have been treated as domestic terrorists and imprisoned for months without bail or counsel.
So of course they would use the Capitol Riot as a justification to expand the reach of law enforcement, just as they did with the Patriot Act after 9/11, and with the various surveillance laws passed after Pearl Harbor.
Here's some links for anyone that wants to do some reading
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/january-6-capitol-riot-capitol-police-field-offices-florida-california/
One of my main criticisms of Trump was that he sat back and allowed California other deep blue shitholes to violate Federal law, so I won't criticize Presiden Harris for doing something to make sure the Federal government actually has the authority it's supposed to. It makes no sense in my mind for US states to be allowed to ignore what is supposed to be the highest law in the land. Violating federal law is the kind of thing that should see states' police chiefs, mayors, judges, governors, literally whoever is responsible, sitting in the back of a van in cuffs like common criminals.
If Trump had actually enforced the law, BLM would not have been allowed to burn down neighborhoods all over the country.
It fucking depresses me to see the Harris administration doing precisely what they need to do, while conservatives all over the western world act like laissez-faire libtards.
Is the US Constitution. Federal law should not supersede state sovereignty. If your position is that federal law has jurisdiction over local affairs, then you have no right to oppose any law they deem to enact and enforce in the future. Welcome to Canada.
IMO the capital police should find themselves "sitting in the back of a van in cuffs like common criminals" if they violate state jurisdiction.
You're vastly overstating how much power the federal government is supposed to have. Although Reagan already proved they have too much power, when He used the highway funds to force the legal drinking age to 21.
I hate that you're right. As much as this a massive power grab from the federal government, at the end of the day they're law enforcement.