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Anonymous wrote:I've been riding MARC for years and never had this happen before.

Four homeland security officers in vests and guns came onto my train car at Silver Spring and rode to Union Station. They were accompanied by a uniformed police officer (not sure if it was MD or DC). They stood on the train car like they were about to do something but they ended up just getting off the train and walking towards the station.

What would be the reason that homeland security needs to ride a commuter train if not to intimidate people?

You must be young. This happened a lot during the years after 9/11.

Anonymous wrote:OP here, my neighbor rides an earlier train and she said they were on her train as well but got on at either Frederick or Monocacy station.

I wonder if they have some intelligence that there is a terrorist threat???? They were not masked.

Anonymous wrote:I've been riding MARC for years and never had this happen before.

Four homeland security officers in vests and guns came onto my train car at Silver Spring and rode to Union Station. They were accompanied by a uniformed police officer (not sure if it was MD or DC). They stood on the train car like they were about to do something but they ended up just getting off the train and walking towards the station.

What would be the reason that homeland security needs to ride a commuter train if not to intimidate people?

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never heard of department of homeland security doing terrorism arrests? I don’t think they do that. It would be the FBI for that, right? I think it’s part of their visible ICE intimidation campaign. They do weird park parades in LA.

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Anonymous wrote:What agency was it? I’m guessing Federal Protective Services? Were they wearing a normal looking police uniform?

Something like this?

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/styles/large_card/public/2023-03/FPS%20Card%20%234%20Hiring.jpg.webp?itok=CGi-loyg

They had khakis and t-shirts on but the vest looked like that. It said Homeland Security on it.

I’m reasonably sure they’re TSA VIPR officers. They’re the weird cousin of the air marshals. They basically walk around airports and rail stations to act as a police present to deter terrorism. They’re not immigration.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never heard of department of homeland security doing terrorism arrests? I don’t think they do that. It would be the FBI for that, right? I think it’s part of their visible ICE intimidation campaign. They do weird park parades in LA.

Anonymous wrote:I've been riding MARC for years and never had this happen before.

Four homeland security officers in vests and guns came onto my train car at Silver Spring and rode to Union Station. They were accompanied by a uniformed police officer (not sure if it was MD or DC). They stood on the train car like they were about to do something but they ended up just getting off the train and walking towards the station.

What would be the reason that homeland security needs to ride a commuter train if not to intimidate people?

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Anonymous wrote:I've been riding MARC for years and never had this happen before.

Four homeland security officers in vests and guns came onto my train car at Silver Spring and rode to Union Station. They were accompanied by a uniformed police officer (not sure if it was MD or DC). They stood on the train car like they were about to do something but they ended up just getting off the train and walking towards the station.

What would be the reason that homeland security needs to ride a commuter train if not to intimidate people?

Umm... to commute to work?

While I can understand why you might've been somewhat stressed by them, it doesn't sound like they were doing anything beyond, you know, commuting on a commuter train. They do have guns, yes. Unless they were out and pointed at someone, this is a non-issue.

What does "they stood on the train car like they were about to do something" mean?

Oh come on. They were not "commuting." They were in a group, obviously working on something. They do not commute on a MARC train.

They stood at the door looking at all of the passengers. One of them winked and smiled at me because I was looking at him to see what they were doing.

They could have been going from one meeting to another, though. Hence the group.

I know it’s a scary time for many people, but it is important to keep perspective.

You can believe what you want. There is zero chance they were simply commuting. They have very comfortable vehicles for that.

Definitely not the case. DH is a federal LEO in DC. He took the MARC before I met him. He has a work vehicle now, but many don’t.

Sure Four got on (accompanied by a local law enforcement) and strategically positioned themselves at various car doors while staring at the passengers because they are on the way to work.

Sorry, I agree that these guys were clearly working. My point was just that some really do take transit to work.

Anonymous wrote:OP here, my neighbor rides an earlier train and she said they were on her train as well but got on at either Frederick or Monocacy station.

I wonder if they have some intelligence that there is a terrorist threat???? They were not masked.

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Anonymous wrote:I've been riding MARC for years and never had this happen before.

Four homeland security officers in vests and guns came onto my train car at Silver Spring and rode to Union Station. They were accompanied by a uniformed police officer (not sure if it was MD or DC). They stood on the train car like they were about to do something but they ended up just getting off the train and walking towards the station.

What would be the reason that homeland security needs to ride a commuter train if not to intimidate people?

Umm... to commute to work?

While I can understand why you might've been somewhat stressed by them, it doesn't sound like they were doing anything beyond, you know, commuting on a commuter train. They do have guns, yes. Unless they were out and pointed at someone, this is a non-issue.

What does "they stood on the train car like they were about to do something" mean?

Oh come on. They were not "commuting." They were in a group, obviously working on something. They do not commute on a MARC train.

They stood at the door looking at all of the passengers. One of them winked and smiled at me because I was looking at him to see what they were doing.

They could have been going from one meeting to another, though. Hence the group.

I know it’s a scary time for many people, but it is important to keep perspective.

You can believe what you want. There is zero chance they were simply commuting. They have very comfortable vehicles for that.

Definitely not the case. DH is a federal LEO in DC. He took the MARC before I met him. He has a work vehicle now, but many don’t.

Sure Four got on (accompanied by a local law enforcement) and strategically positioned themselves at various car doors while staring at the passengers because they are on the way to work.

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Anonymous wrote:I've been riding MARC for years and never had this happen before.

Four homeland security officers in vests and guns came onto my train car at Silver Spring and rode to Union Station. They were accompanied by a uniformed police officer (not sure if it was MD or DC). They stood on the train car like they were about to do something but they ended up just getting off the train and walking towards the station.

What would be the reason that homeland security needs to ride a commuter train if not to intimidate people?

Umm... to commute to work?

While I can understand why you might've been somewhat stressed by them, it doesn't sound like they were doing anything beyond, you know, commuting on a commuter train. They do have guns, yes. Unless they were out and pointed at someone, this is a non-issue.

What does "they stood on the train car like they were about to do something" mean?

Oh come on. They were not "commuting." They were in a group, obviously working on something. They do not commute on a MARC train.

They stood at the door looking at all of the passengers. One of them winked and smiled at me because I was looking at him to see what they were doing.

They could have been going from one meeting to another, though. Hence the group.

I know it’s a scary time for many people, but it is important to keep perspective.

You can believe what you want. There is zero chance they were simply commuting. They have very comfortable vehicles for that.

Definitely not the case. DH is a federal LEO in DC. He took the MARC before I met him. He has a work vehicle now, but many don’t.

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Anonymous wrote:I've been riding MARC for years and never had this happen before.

Four homeland security officers in vests and guns came onto my train car at Silver Spring and rode to Union Station. They were accompanied by a uniformed police officer (not sure if it was MD or DC). They stood on the train car like they were about to do something but they ended up just getting off the train and walking towards the station.

What would be the reason that homeland security needs to ride a commuter train if not to intimidate people?

Umm... to commute to work?

While I can understand why you might've been somewhat stressed by them, it doesn't sound like they were doing anything beyond, you know, commuting on a commuter train. They do have guns, yes. Unless they were out and pointed at someone, this is a non-issue.

What does "they stood on the train car like they were about to do something" mean?

Oh come on. They were not "commuting." They were in a group, obviously working on something. They do not commute on a MARC train.

They stood at the door looking at all of the passengers. One of them winked and smiled at me because I was looking at him to see what they were doing.

They could have been going from one meeting to another, though. Hence the group.

I know it’s a scary time for many people, but it is important to keep perspective.

You can believe what you want. There is zero chance they were simply commuting. They have very comfortable vehicles for that.

Anonymous wrote:they had a meeting and didn't want to drive?