Why is Blackwater walking the streets of a small town in Delaware?

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

So today I was set up in Laurel,DE at a flea market/swap meet when I noticed two guys who looked like swat team members walking the grounds. As they approached I saw uniforms that were a mix of police/military and they were wearing earpieces and were strapped with weapons. military style haircuts, black sunglasses.. Basically looked like cops about ready to take someone down. As they passed I look at the back of their shirts and it said "Blackwater private security". I am not 99.9% positive these people were not hired by the market itself as they have cops there all the time to do walkthroughs and really.. It is a small town in Delaware and this is a relatively small business. So any idea why these people are walking the streets of a small town in Delaware?

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

btw, I know that Blackwater changed their name (at least for overseas operations) so it is possible they are a different company but it just seemed really bizarre.

[Danke]

Just making sure you are safe, I'm sure.

[kylejack]

I dunno, maybe you read the name wrong. I'm not aware of any security company currently operating as Blackwater. They're two names past that by now.

[Danke]

I dunno, maybe you read the name wrong. I'm not aware of any security company currently operating as Blackwater. They're two names past that by now.

Xe

[kylejack]

Xe
Blackwater -> Xe -> Academi

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

I dunno, maybe you read the name wrong. I'm not aware of any security company currently operating as Blackwater. They're two names past that by now.

No I am certain. The shirts said "Blackwater Private Security". I found a security company out of Florida called Blackwater.. Maybe it was them. http://www.blackwaterprotection.com/

[Danke]

Blackwater -> Xe -> Academi
Thanks, I'll have to update my resume.

[Noble Savage]

DHS put out a warning that terrorist are seeking plastic back scratchers in bulk

[Anti Federalist]

Just another day in the empire.

Lucky they didn't decide to light you up for "looking suspiciously" at them.

[kylejack]

No I am certain. The shirts said "Blackwater Private Security". I found a security company out of Florida called Blackwater.. Maybe it was them. http://www.blackwaterprotection.com/
Interesting, I would have expected Academi to sue them for using their former name. Also, who would want to be associated with such a terrible company? Weird.

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

Just another day in the empire.

Lucky they didn't decide to light you up for "looking suspiciously" at them.

As soon as I spotted them, I immedaitely went on guard.

[jemuf]

When I was overseas there was a Black Water company that cleaned porta potties. I'm sure they were just looking for the john.

[azxd]

It's probably just as you suspect ... They were hired to be there.
I'm not defending the overseas actions of any security group, but ... Would it be less offensive if they were wearing Brinks Security clothing ?

[Noble Savage]

Anyone can buy a blackwater t-shirt, they have a store.

[libertyjam]

Why did Monsanto hire Blackwater/Xe goons to track and harass non-GMO farmers and seed harvesters in the US?
Does Monsanto now own the security firm?
Why has Youtube search been scrubbed of any search terms for Blackwater/Xe?

http://digitaljournal.com/article/297701
http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/monsanto-blackwater-and-gm-crop-saboteurs/
http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/monsanto-hired-blackwater-subsidiary-to-spy-on-activists/3170/
http://counterpsyops.com/2012/01/11/monsanto-now-owns-blackwater-xe/
http://thestoryoflibertyblog.com/2012/02/01/monsanto-now-owns-blackwater/
http://www.disinfo.com/tag/monsanto/
http://www.disinfo.com/2011/01/a-link-between-monsanto-blackwater-bill-gates/
http://naturalsociety.com/setting-the-record-straight-did-monsanto-really-buy-blackwater-xe/

www.pubpat.org/assets/files/seed/OrganicSeedMTDAmiciBrief.pdf

Monsanto expands on its so-called commitment by noting that it has never sued a
certified organic producer for GM contamination. But bringing a suit is the final step in a long
process that can be used to intimidate and harass farmers, starting with investigations,
accusations, harassment, and the threat to file a suit. Cf. Monsanto v. Scruggs, 342 F. Supp.2d
602, 605-06 (N.D. Miss. 2004) (Monsanto’s investigator placed defendant under video and
binocular surveillance, followed defendant and his family members, and questioned defendant’s
customers). Monsanto can cause significant harm to the Plaintiff farmers without ever filing a
lawsuit.

www.centerforfoodsafety.org/pubs/CFSMOnsantovsFarmerReport1.13.05.pdf

The most invasive investigation known to CFS involves a Mississippi
farmer who operates a farm supply business. Mitchell Scruggs first realized
Monsanto was targeting him when he noticed investigators staked out
around the outside of his store. Scruggs says his family could not leave their
house, which shared space with his store,
without feeling as though they were
being watched by the nearby surveillance
cameras. The company went so far as to
purchase an empty lot across the street to aid in its surveillance, and investigators watched patrons of Scruggs’ store from
just 500 feet away. Investigators also harassed these customers by following
several of them home and warning them not to do business with Scruggs.
One farmer who was followed home by these investigators confessed, “[I]
always thought they tried to get to him through me.”41 Planes and helicopters
frequently passed overhead, and Scruggs learned from people at the local
airport that they too were hired by Monsanto to survey his store and surrounding
farmland. Throughout all of this, and even though the investigators’ presence
was obvious, they never approached Scruggs directly.42
While Scruggs’ experience is evidence of the extreme measures
employed by investigators in their efforts to acquire proof for Monsanto’s
allegations, at times investigators have been even more confrontational.
While working in his general store one day, two men approached Gary
Rinehart with a degree of aggressiveness that made him feel as though they
were “just short of handcuffing” him. They asked if he was Gary Rinehart,
identified themselves with business cards, and explained that they were there
to settle with him about his soybean crop. Rinehart described one of the two
men as “mouthy,” “intense,” and “smart alecky,” and was embarrassed by the
way the men treated him in his own store.43 According to Rinehart’s attorney, the
investigators were told to leave “because their belligerent behavior was
causing customers to exit the store.”44 Ironically, Gary Rinehart is not even a
farmer—the investigators had pursued the wrong man.
A Nebraska soybean farmer experienced the threatening conduct of
Monsanto’s investigators when they first showed up on his property. After
this farmer told the investigators that he was going inside to make some phone
calls, one of the men proceeded to step in front of his front door, physically
barring the farmer from entering his own home.45


■ The largest recorded judgment made in favor of Monsanto as a result
of a farmer lawsuit is $3,052,800.00.
■ Total recorded judgments granted to Monsanto for these lawsuits
amount to $15,253,602.82. [2005 numbers]
■ For cases with recorded judgments, farmers have paid a mean of
$412,259.54.
■ The median settlement is $75,000.00 with a low of $5,595.00 and
a high of $3,052,800.00.66

[Tonewah]

You could've called the police/sheriff and anonymously reported them. Most states/localities have laws against menacing behavior. Walking around in a gang bearing weapons and wearing black seems more than a little menacing. Make them answer for their behavior like the rest of us have to. If one of us walks around open carrying, they don't usually even wait for someone to call and complain.

[tmg19103]

One thing for sure - I would never attend that flea market again, as a customer or vendor, with unnecessary, militaristic, menacing security like that.

[oyarde]

I stopped at a flea market in Lafayette Tn yesterday , gratefully , no private security.... I did spend $16 , got a bow saw , a pitch fork , a dozen plants. A coffee cup with the U S S Constitution.

[Pericles]

Interesting, I would have expected Academi to sue them for using their former name. Also, who would want to be associated with such a terrible company? Weird.

While we think there is a bad reputation there, some take being "bad ass" (or just being bad for that matter) a badge on honor.

[oyarde]

I saw a gun cabinet I may have inquired about , but I was not in the truck...

[TonySutton]

You should have gone up to them and asked if they were hiring.

[oyarde]

You should have gone up to them and asked if they were hiring. I just want to know the starting salary ....

[oyarde]

For 50k a yr , I may retire and criuse some flea markets a few days a week , not in Del though , that is too far East , excluding Northern Ohio , Western Penn. is as far as I wish to go :)