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DHS Gearing Up for Party Conventions

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    Feds buying extra riot gear for civil unrest

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And the feds are just looking to buy more ride your mega and they are looking to buy more -- -- right now I mean they want this stuff fast track they gave the suppliers one.

Date to make their beds and the wedding -- gets fifteen days and they want the stuff delivered take a look at the list here.

This is what they're doing a 150 sets of riot -- we're talking about riot helmets upper body and shoulder protection.

By -- protection shin guards for armed protectors.

Tactical gloves now.

Authorities in Tampa Florida and Charlotte, North Carolina are not giving specific numbers but they are expecting massive numbers of demonstrators DH yes.

Is not expecting violence they article clearly preparing for significant domestic unrest that's a quote which means of course riots the gear will be Warren.

By the officers protecting the property and the buildings around the convention now they have set up.

Free speech zones in both Tampa and Charlotte to got to help contain demonstrators to certain areas.

But for those of those who have covered these conventions before you know that.

There are a lot of people that break the rules when they attend these conventions and Homeland Security clearly believes the tensions in both Florida.

And North Carolina will be drum.

Tight.

We should also point -- -- we have contacted Department of Homeland Security for a statement.

About if this is standard operating procedure we know they did buy some back in 2008.

Don't know exactly how many they still have not gotten -- was when they do.

Let you know.

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