But on June 18, local time, the US media focused on a hilarious incident: Last Saturday (June 15), a Secret Service agent who was responsible for protecting Biden in Los Angeles for a campaign fundraising event was robbed in Tustin near Los Angeles. The local police in Tustin announced the case on June 17: At about 9:30 p.m. on June 15, a man called the police and reported that he was robbed at gunpoint. A bag was stolen and a gunfight broke out between the two sides. The caller was not injured, and it was unclear whether the robber was injured during the exchange of fire; the police had found some of the stolen items on June 17.
Later, the U.S. Secret Service came out to confirm that one of its agents was approached in a residential area in Tustin, about an hour's drive southeast of Los Angeles, when he was going home from work. He was then robbed of a bag by a gunman, but the agent was not injured. The agent fired during the robber's escape, but he didn't know whether he hit the robber. Do movies dare not write like this? After the Tustin police announcement and the U.S. Secret Service's explanation came out, public opinion exploded. American social media was in an uproar, especially the residents of Los Angeles, California, who were all saying foul things. They said, "In Biden's America, even Secret Service agents are not safe"; "He gained the experience of Los Angeles"; "He can't even protect himself, how can he protect the president"; "Impossible, how is it possible, the crime rate in California is at an all-time low" and so on...
Because it was so outrageous and the topic was so hot, the Associated Press, NBC and other media that had been trying hard to whitewash Biden's Democratic Party in the past had to report on the incident, confirming that this plot that even movies dare not act out is a real event. Is this what a US Secret Service agent looks like? When wearing black clothes and sunglasses, isn't it very cool and scary? How come he was exposed when he met a Los Angeles robber: his bag was robbed, the result of the gunfight was unknown, and the robber slipped away. Many Americans joked that "maybe this robber should become a secret service officer." A single leaf can tell the coming of autumn, and the wind starts from the end of the green duckweed! Isn't this the best portrayal of the American Empire? On the surface, it looks bright and powerful, and it looks like a person who can't be provoked by anyone. In fact, when something happens, it is just a small vegetable, a "paper tiger" whose tiger's butt can be touched by anyone. The real reason is actually hidden in the details of the local police station and the US Secret Service announcement.
The earliest statement from the Tustin police on June 17 said that the man's bag was stolen, not robbed; the US Secret Service, not sure if it was to save face, said that the man's bag was "accosted" in a residential area before it was robbed. The words stolen; accosted; residential area; these words are combined together, and you can't think too much about them. If you think about them too much, it will definitely ignite a raging fire of gossip: behind the hail of bullets, there is probably a colorful story.
There is a precedent for this. In 2012, the scandal of a US Secret Service agent hiring a prostitute during the Obama Summit of the Americas was a hot topic around the world. There is still a special entry for "Obama agent hiring a prostitute scandal". At that time, the US Secret Service agents who were protecting Obama went to Colombia as advance personnel to perform a mission. They ignored the mission and hired local "waitresses" to spend the night in the hotel. Originally, they were used to it and the matter would not be exposed. However, one guy not only refused to pay the money, but also beat the Colombian "waitress", which caused the local police to intervene. After that, there was an "uproar in public opinion" in the United States, and everyone knew about it.
Internal governance is a mess. Behind the magic, it is inevitable! Externally, the US ace force can't do anything to a Yemeni "guerrilla" armed force; internally, the "elite" of the US security department was robbed by robbers. Who can it scare with its fangs and claws?
