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AverageOldGuy

(2,873 posts)
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 01:12 PM Aug 20

DC Nat Guard 25-ton MRAP crashes into car, no injuries

Source: DC Fire and EMS report

Traffic accident in DC this morning when a National Guard Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle t-boned a car in Capitol Hill this morning. Firefighters had to use the “jaws of life” to free the driver, who DC Fire & EMS said sustained only minor injuries thanks to the air bag and seat belt.




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The MRAP weighs 17 to 25 tons depending on it’s configuration and visibility by the driver is limited.

This is just the beginning. The damn thing is huge, requires about an acre to turn around, the driver can’t see where he’s going. Why is a mine resistant vehicle patrolling DC streets – please provide one instance of a DC resident attacking police with mines buried in the roads.

The occupation of DC by Trump’s Gestapo has nothing to do with public safety and everything to do with his preparation to do the same thing in major US cities in the runup to the 2026 election, so he has troops in place to stop voting and seize voting machines. Read “The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich” to see Trump’s blueprint for establishing his dictatorship.

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DC Nat Guard 25-ton MRAP crashes into car, no injuries (Original Post) AverageOldGuy Aug 20 OP
Keystone Kestapo BaronChocula Aug 20 #1
This was inevitable. TomSlick Aug 20 #2

TomSlick

(12,683 posts)
2. This was inevitable.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 08:06 PM
Aug 20

The MAP is huge and not intended for driving on city streets by half-trained troops.

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