Politico did a hit job on Trump and his security people today. Catch the narrative they paint in their reporting. The story is titled in hyperbolic terms that indicate no attempt to be evenhanded, if that is ever their purpose.
Rather than ignore it but for a glance, we took interest in what might otherwise have been Politico’s run of the mill mendacity when the name Donald Albracht appeared in the first few paragraphs. Donald Albracht is a Rock Island raised now retired FBI agent with decades of service to the country including the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. To say the least he is a professional who knows the boundaries of security work. Decades in law enforcement with the FBI, along with U.S. Army service and Politico uses the disparagement “privatized mercenary force.” How trumped-up can they get?.
Below is the YouTube video link showing the supposed incident regarding Don Albracht that Politico chose to highlight. It is at about 1:35 sec into it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0hp1EIAgQM&feature=youtu.be
In spite of a couple of assertions in the article, no sign was ripped, as if such an apparent fact makes any difference to Politico in their purpose of painting a picture of Trump security as being made up of brown shirt thugs.
The Politico article quotes a Steve Amitay, identified as executive director of the National Association of Security Companies. He is a jerk to speak so glibly spouting “potential battery” as regards Albracht’s actions. All the video shows is Albracht batting a sign being thrust at him, poking towards his eyes. The protestor perpetrated the only real battery.
The story is written to fit the liberal narrative of Trump protestors as just unassuming types out to voice their sincere beliefs about hate, as they hatefully takeover a private business. The “participants” by their loud boisterous presence were there to intimidate hotel guests, employees and not to mention a federal protectee and his supporters. The video taping that the protestors supposedly found threatening is laughable. It is a standard security and law enforcement practice. Of course the “protestors” were video taping themselves, actual hotel guests seeking rest, others unassociated with their antics, employees and security personnel as they disrupted business and the expected peace of a hotel lobby. They wanted to be able to show their creds for their next bong party.
There was no commentary or histrionics about “privatized mercenary force” by Politico directed at the obvious organized gang thuggery of the protestors — who after all were obstructing and physically intimidating the peaceful pursuit of the hotel’s business. Presumably the hospitality industry was not officially in dispute by the participants although from the looks of the protestors they seem the type to expect free room and board.
It is one thing to call for not doing business with Trump or advocating a boycott of those who do, and their interconnected entities. That is fine — besides, who wants to inhabit a room after the likes of them stayed in it anyway. Educating the public with your views is fine and reasonable accommodation should be made. But the lobby invasion was political thuggery, remotely connected to Trump. It was about more than media attention, it was essentially gang warfare under pretense of peaceful protest. If the organizers think it legitimate, fine. Expect the same at your events. But that is sort of what they want, incidents leading to who knows what?
R Mall with DLH
