Operation Themis: US gov response to 2020 protests (Department of Homeland Security, Office of Intelligence & Analysis)

Submitted on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 00:49
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First Name: Christopher
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Last Name: Bing
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Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following
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Seeking documents, memos, emails, powerpoint presentations and other notes
that contain the phrase or discuss "Operation Themis," a name used internally
in government to describe the federal response to 2020 domestic protests.
Themis was an overarching term used between Defense Department agencies and
the executives branch, among others, to discuss how the government was
coordinating a mission to quell/control/calm domestic unrest following the
2020 police killing of George Floyd, an African American who died in police
custody in Minneapolis. This FOIA is specifically requesting materials about
the US government's coordination, enforcement and implementation efforts,
which included the wide deployment of national guard units across the country
in major urban areas. At the time, the National Guard was activated across
roughly half of the U.S. The guard was deployed in numerous states, including
Arizona, Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington
and Wisconsin (as well as the District of Columbia).

The term/codename/title would have been used at the executive level of
agencies in communications with colleagues across government. It is vital the
public understand how its military was deployed in 2020 amid nationwide
protests.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and
this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me
of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the
request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if
not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look
forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days,
as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Christopher Bing

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