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Chad Wolf: My Home, Family Were Targeted by Protesters. This Must Stop.
The reason I'm posting this is that I had a thread last summer about the protests. I will be linking to that shortly.
I know exactly where Chad Wolf lives, as I go past his house when I go to the Safeway. It's on a public street, and ... well, you'll see.
Hat tip, {redacted}
SOCIETY / COMMENTARY
Chad Wolf: My Home, Family Were Targeted by Protesters. This Must Stop.
Chad Wolf / September 28, 2021
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My experience started in the summer of 2020, shortly after civil unrest began around the country in the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody. I was acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, which got involved because it has responsibility to protect over 7,000 federal properties, some of which were targeted by violent extremists.
For doing my job and exercising the authorities provided by Congress, my home was targeted by “professional” protesters who gathered out front week after week after week. Although I had seen other Trump administration officials endure this sort of behavior, seeing it outside your own home, on your street, gives you a different perspective.
The “protest” in front of my residence usually played out the same way. The protesters would organize roughly a quarter of a mile away and march through my neighborhood streets, holding up traffic, until they arrived in front of my house. There they remained for an hour or more to shout through loudspeakers, again while holding up traffic.
At no point did these protesters apply for a permit, which is required in the city of Alexandria. Even so, city officials allowed the illegal protests to continue.
Worse yet, a third-term member of the Alexandria City Council, John Chapman, actively participated on several occasions. His participation not only legitimized the illegal nature of the protest, but signaled that doing so at someone’s residence was valid.
From a security perspective, I knew my family and I were relatively safe because of the round-the-clock protection of the U.S. Secret Service. I knew that if any of the protesters decided to take their actions to another level, Secret Service agents were on the ready and always one step ahead.
Nevertheless, this unwelcomed activity put me on edge, since such “protests” can turn ugly quickly.
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Chad Wolf: My Home, Family Were Targeted by Protesters. This Must Stop.
Chad Wolf / September 28, 2021
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My experience started in the summer of 2020, shortly after civil unrest began around the country in the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody. I was acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, which got involved because it has responsibility to protect over 7,000 federal properties, some of which were targeted by violent extremists.
For doing my job and exercising the authorities provided by Congress, my home was targeted by “professional” protesters who gathered out front week after week after week. Although I had seen other Trump administration officials endure this sort of behavior, seeing it outside your own home, on your street, gives you a different perspective.
The “protest” in front of my residence usually played out the same way. The protesters would organize roughly a quarter of a mile away and march through my neighborhood streets, holding up traffic, until they arrived in front of my house. There they remained for an hour or more to shout through loudspeakers, again while holding up traffic.
At no point did these protesters apply for a permit, which is required in the city of Alexandria. Even so, city officials allowed the illegal protests to continue.
Worse yet, a third-term member of the Alexandria City Council, John Chapman, actively participated on several occasions. His participation not only legitimized the illegal nature of the protest, but signaled that doing so at someone’s residence was valid.
From a security perspective, I knew my family and I were relatively safe because of the round-the-clock protection of the U.S. Secret Service. I knew that if any of the protesters decided to take their actions to another level, Secret Service agents were on the ready and always one step ahead.
Nevertheless, this unwelcomed activity put me on edge, since such “protests” can turn ugly quickly.
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Mon Jul 27, 2020: ShutDownDC rallies in Alexandria at the home of acting secretary of Homeland Security
I know exactly where this is, but I didn't know until now that it was where Chad Wolf lived. For the last several months, every time I've gone by the place, there have been a couple of black SUVs, like Chevy Tahoes, with government plates parked and running out in the street. I went to a grocery not far away last Saturday night, at 11:30, when it was finally cool enough that I could go out on my bicycle. Sure enough, even at midnight, they were parked there and running.
Protestors gathered outside the home of acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf this afternoon
@WTOP
Link to tweet
ShutDownDC rallies in Alexandria at the home of acting secretary of Homeland Security
Andrea Cambron | @AndreaC_atWTOP
July 27, 2020, 2:45 AM
A crowd gathered outside the home of Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of Homeland Security, in Alexandria, Virginia, on Sunday afternoon to protest the recent controversial detention of protesters in Portland, Oregon.
The group also continued to shed light on police use of force in the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, and the way other minority communities have been treated by authorities.
ShutDownDC organized the protest on Facebook. The group considers Wolf responsible for unidentified federal agents forcefully detaining protesters and using chemical deterrents like pepper spray and tear gas to disperse crowds.
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The protest remained peaceful, with activists calling on other community members to step up to defend Black and minority communities against the Trump administration’s actions.
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Andrea Cambron | @AndreaC_atWTOP
July 27, 2020, 2:45 AM
A crowd gathered outside the home of Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of Homeland Security, in Alexandria, Virginia, on Sunday afternoon to protest the recent controversial detention of protesters in Portland, Oregon.
The group also continued to shed light on police use of force in the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, and the way other minority communities have been treated by authorities.
ShutDownDC organized the protest on Facebook. The group considers Wolf responsible for unidentified federal agents forcefully detaining protesters and using chemical deterrents like pepper spray and tear gas to disperse crowds.
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The protest remained peaceful, with activists calling on other community members to step up to defend Black and minority communities against the Trump administration’s actions.
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