CEO Dana White has long been an ally of President Donald Trump and his administration. Agents would be trained in hand-to-hand combat.
The FBI plans to offer the Ultimate Fighting Championship an exclusive one-year contract to train its special agents in hand-to-hand combat, according to a document released by the agency in September.
The UFC, according to the bureau, is “the sole qualified vendor” capable of providing tactical training that meets FBI standards. The justification for the contract cited the “expertise” the multibillion-dollar global media business has in mixed martial arts, striking techniques, grappling and takedowns.
The bureau said that market research determined that “no other vendor can provide comprehensive training encompassing all required skills at the necessary expertise level within the required timeframe.”
The stupidity of this aside, this isn’t the weirdest thing historically. Like boxers were often brought in to train soldiers in hand to hand combat for example. But the fact its UFC in particular is kinda the problem here, it’d be less notable if it was just mixed martial artists being brought.
Weird so now FBI agents are going to gently cuddle the criminals until they tap out?
It’s hard to make this government more laughable every day, but they live for the challenge.
Shit like this shows that it’s not just Trump that’s the problem, but that the MAGA movement as a whole is based on grift and political favoritism at the expense of competent governance.
No kidding?
I am sarcastic because the situation has been clear for 30 years at a minimum.
You are welcome. You say that, but almost nobody gets it still. Even on lemmy here. We are so fucked.
I was agreeing with you, and calling OP Captain Obvious. Sorry, should have been clearer.
You’re right. The Zombie Apocalypse hit the world hard in the 80s. Most of the zombies don’t know they’re zombies. Some of us do and are flabbergasted others can’t see it.
I’m tired of being a zombie. Time to eat some brains, no?
If the zombies are getting off on brains, maybe eating their brains would be really good no? I think we should look into that.
Agreed.
America is the problem. The whole country allowed (and is still allowing) this to happen.
MAGA isn’t the hero America needed, but it’s the one they deserve.
The analogy isn’t quite right, but I know you wanted to use the quote.
MAGA is Joker, and the US doesn’t have a Batman anywhere, maybe a few Gordons but they don’t have enough power to do much. Although as all analogies do, this breaks because MAGA leaders would never burn their half of the money for a message. They want every dime for themselves.
No sir/ma’am/other, Joker hates Nazis. It is documented. Besmirch not his evil name.
It scares me that Americans want to go back to life before trump. As an American it looks like the left just wants to be able to get back their personally unearned privileges again.
Ignorance is bliss IS their culture.
But if people would just vote differently and stop doing purity tests then the system would fix itself /copium
Idiocracy, except run by the most malicious, dumb, and lead deficient assholes on the planet.
I’d like to see how fast a well-trained and fit FBI agent would have a UFC fighter tapping out.
Keep in mind, the FBI doesn’t generally get the fatass Meal Team Six LEO members that regular law enforcement hires.
Idk about whom to root for in that situation. The FBI, while now somewhat professional, are not the good guys, and they never have been, not entirely.
I like taking down organized crime, but they won’t be doing that now. Plus they have a shitload of mormons.
The most ridiculous administration.
Donnie and pals are easily some of the stupidest people we could have found for the job.
It’s all a grift. This is just another way to funnel government money to his pals and supporters.
They are stupid, but principally they are gangsters that have eliminated any authority that could check them.
So we can sue Dana white if they kill someone trying to choke them out?
His company trains them, an incoming rational administration can hold him liable for what I’m sure is gonna be bullshit.
