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ICE chief says he will continue to allow agents to wear masks during arrest raids
(www.theguardian.com)
I thought they can’t breathe with masks. Interesting.
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Psychologists call it selective autoasphyxiation. It's quite a common thing in facist regimes, particularly amongst the political and enforcement classes.
"ICE chief says he wants agents to get killed attempting to illegally kidnap people"
Terrorist leader approves of terrorist practices next at eleven!
The Attorneys said "Wearing masks poses accountability issues and contributed to a climate of fear"
DEA Chief said: "Correct." or "So you get why we need them?"
They wear masks because they’re ashamed.
Because they don't want to be hunted after this chapter of American history is slammed shut.
And it might take years or even decade++, but this chapter will eventually close.
We will find them.
There will be a leak. It will be far too late to matter but it will come out one day. I hope they all lose their middle manager jobs at Staples and can't afford their insulin.
Probably all in the list of pardoned people 🤔
I was banned from Reddit for daring to suggest such a thing there. Even though Nazi hunters are a thing.
I hope to a God I don't even believe in that you're right
Nothing will happen. Did anything happen to the police who killed unarmed kids, and innocents without any other reason other than the colour of their skin.
Absolutely not. Anonymity is power and lack of consequences. That’s what the masks are for.
I think they just don’t want to be held accountable for their actions. I’ve seen no evidence of any shame.
Which means they're working triple overtime supressing it.
you overestimate them
they wouldn't do this if they didn't like it
Plenty of people are ashamed of their antisocial habits.
Every video I've watched where their masks are down and they're speaking, they don't look or sound like white Americans.
They look and sound like Federales.
Small sample size but just an observation.
Pussy snowflakes are embarrassed about what they do. They fear people might treat them and their families the same way they're treating brown families.
So terrorist still wear masks.
Law enforcement that truly believes they have the law on their side can police out in the open.
Why don’t they just wear pointy hoods while they’re at it? Seems like they might think it’d be oh-KKK.
What about taking the license plates off of their vehicles ?
Is that still legal ? Because vandalizing their cars is a way of dealing with that.
And I've read that glitter-splashing is another way of dealing with their masks.
I keep wondering if their cars have run flat tires.
Even run flats aren't going to take you very far if they're missing their valve core, which is easily accessible from the outside of the vehicle
...the people in control of the government are ok with fucking kids...
I thought republicans were supposed to rabidly hate pedophiles. Wasn't that their excuse for the hatred against LGBT people?
Yeah. That's where we're at. Trump is okay with kids getting fucked.
Here's a thought. Everyone should wear masks again like it was the pandemic. Then ICE can't easily identify you.
Everyone didn't wear masks during COVID! And we all know who most of the ones that didn't are. All this would do is put a target on anyone wearing a mask that isn't in camo.
Cowards and hypocrites
These people are cowards
Yes. Them and their benefactors. Money creates cowards.
It's going to end up contributing to a climate of violence. Mark my words.
Which is exactly what the sociopaths in power want. So they have an excuse to ramp up enforcement and implement martial law so they can inflict more violence.
Videos have flooded social media showing Ice agents wearing masks over their faces, detaining people without immediately identifying themselves, refusing to answer questions or explaining why people are being detained, and pushing them into unmarked cars with tinted windows.
As well as the tens of thousands of arrests, there have been several reported cases of masked criminals posing as Ice officers, such as a man in Raleigh, North Carolina accused in January of kidnapping and raping a woman, threatening to deport her if she didn’t comply, or a man in Brooklyn attempting in February to rape a 51-year-old woman. In April 2025, a Florida woman posed as an immigration officer to briefly kidnap her ex-boyfriend’s wife from her job.