They are purposely unidentifiable. We have no idea if they are police, if these are surplus police equipment that they were given, or if they are just posing as police and bought everything they are wearing from an unofficial source.
What concerns me, aside from all the obvious, is that with them cosplaying as cops, people will trust cops even less, leading to more dangerous interactions everywhere.
ICE puts “police” on their uniforms. You can distinguish real cops from ICE mostly by checking if their face is visible and they have a name badge. Also if they have consistent uniforms rather than whatever random army surplus the gestapo had lying around.
People should buy the getup and then loot rich peoples houses and businesses near where raids are happening. Would probably put an end to this non identification practices pretty quick.
ICE does wear stuff that says “police” now, sometimes. Regular police typically have identifying text or badges indicating the county or city the work for (and badge numbers and, often, name). These people just have vests that say “Police: Federal Agent.” Police in sanctuary cities are barred from assisting ICE in abducting people. Though I’d guess many of the officers would be happy to do it.
What’s going on here? Aren’t the police and ICE separate entities? These goons are popo.
They are purposely unidentifiable. We have no idea if they are police, if these are surplus police equipment that they were given, or if they are just posing as police and bought everything they are wearing from an unofficial source.
What concerns me, aside from all the obvious, is that with them cosplaying as cops, people will trust cops even less, leading to more dangerous interactions everywhere.
People shouldn’t trust cops.
pretty sure that’s the point.
Of course it is. Escalation is their goal.
Cops do a good job of that themselves
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ICE puts “police” on their uniforms. You can distinguish real cops from ICE mostly by checking if their face is visible and they have a name badge. Also if they have consistent uniforms rather than whatever random army surplus the gestapo had lying around.
They are impersonating the police, which is a crime.
So is kidnapping, doesn’t seem to be stopping them
People should buy the getup and then loot rich peoples houses and businesses near where raids are happening. Would probably put an end to this non identification practices pretty quick.
ICE does wear stuff that says “police” now, sometimes. Regular police typically have identifying text or badges indicating the county or city the work for (and badge numbers and, often, name). These people just have vests that say “Police: Federal Agent.” Police in sanctuary cities are barred from assisting ICE in abducting people. Though I’d guess many of the officers would be happy to do it.