Legal advocates and attorneys general argue practice poses accountability issues and contributes to a climate of fear
The head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said on Sunday that he will continue allowing the controversial practice of his officers wearing masks over their faces during their arrest raids.
As Donald Trump has ramped up his unprecedented effort to deport immigrants around the country, Ice officers have become notorious for wearing masks to approach and detain people, often with force. Legal advocates and attorneys general have argued that it poses accountability issues and contributes to a climate of fear.
On Sunday, Todd Lyons, the agency’s acting director, was asked on CBS Face the Nation about imposters exploiting the practice by posing as immigration officers. “That’s one of our biggest concerns. And I’ve said it publicly before, I’m not a proponent of the masks,” Lyons said.
Why don’t they just wear pointy hoods while they’re at it? Seems like they might think it’d be oh-KKK.
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.
Law enforcement that truly believes they have the law on their side can police out in the open.
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So terrorist still wear masks.
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?”
Cowards and hypocrites
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.
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.
…the people in control of the government are ok with fucking kids…
Yeah. That’s where we’re at. Trump is okay with kids getting fucked.
I thought republicans were supposed to rabidly hate pedophiles. Wasn’t that their excuse for the hatred against LGBT people?
I thought they can’t breathe with masks. Interesting.
Psychologists call it selective autoasphyxiation. It’s quite a common thing in facist regimes, particularly amongst the political and enforcement classes.
These people are cowards
Yes. Them and their benefactors. Money creates cowards.
They wear masks because they’re ashamed.
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Which means they’re working triple overtime supressing it.
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.
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.
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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.
I hope to a God I don’t even believe in that you’re right
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.
Absolutely not. Anonymity is power and lack of consequences. That’s what the masks are for.
you overestimate them
they wouldn’t do this if they didn’t like it
Plenty of people are ashamed of their antisocial habits.
“ICE chief says he wants agents to get killed attempting to illegally kidnap people”
