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Why are you assuming anyone is advocating for 3?
This isn't just a normal cop on a power trip, these "task force" agents were just given the federal government's blessing to go wild. They have individuals from the department of wildlife getting to live out their authoritarian fantasies and take out their frustrations on an entire city.
I need you to do a quick Ctrl-F for "Now I don't really know".
I need you to do a quick Ctrl-F for "probably a tactical mistake". Yes, I get that especially these particular cops are not necessarily going to behave like ordinary city cops. That makes it a worse idea to commit extra crimes and antagonize them, it doesn't mean it all of a sudden becomes a good idea or an effective way to push back against fascism.
I grew up in Memphis. I've known more than one person that had something planted on them during a search by a regular cop during regular times. They didn't do anything except end up pulled over by the wrong cop because they "seemed suspicious."
In high school, I knew someone who was stopped and searched while walking in the wrong part of town, then arrested as a minor for carrying too many condoms in their purse. They were a trans 17 year old, and the cops put them in jail with adult men and laughed while they cried bc they were so scared.
You do not have to do anything wrong to end up a victim of unjust fascist bullshit. You never have. Now, under an authoritarian takeover, it's not just a possibility that it could always happen, it's almost a guarantee.
And I've observed many times people reacting to all that that you just laid out, by getting super-hostile with the cops and committing additional crimes in the course of that hostility. Never once did it overthrow the system of fascism or make their life any easier. If you want to talk about how to change all that system and make the justice back again part of the equation, then sure, I think that's super worthwhile and we should talk about it (very genuinely.)