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In reply to the discussion: Questions here. Is there any way to force ICE to unmask? I mean WE are paying these monsters to ASSAULT us. [View all]
Heidi
(58,824 posts)15. Perhaps without masks they'd have navigate the public consequences
of their brutality. As individuals, they’re *actively* choosing their employer—they weren’t drafted; they applied for the job and by all reports are well compensated. Require them to show their faces, just as the rest of us must show our faces in public and bear the consequences. (Also, they should have no choice to turn off body cams. They’re OUR employees and we have every reason to expect to be able to monitor the on-the-job interactions of our armed employees.)
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Questions here. Is there any way to force ICE to unmask? I mean WE are paying these monsters to ASSAULT us. [View all]
bluestarone
Saturday
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The California Legislature has passed a bill to unmask. Some details below. Pending signature.
usonian
Saturday
#46
Yea i saw that. I love it, but I'm thinking that even this will be ruled against
bluestarone
Saturday
#47
To make a point. These troops are abusing people and property. They are
allegorical oracle
Saturday
#49
Cops aren't masked and they still brutalize people. So are masks the problem?
WhiskeyGrinder
Saturday
#61
Identifying a law-breaking police officer becomes much more difficult if the
allegorical oracle
Saturday
#64
So the work they're doing -- kidnapping, incarcerating and deporting people who are here legally -- gets a pass? As long
WhiskeyGrinder
Saturday
#23
Getting them to take their masks off isn't a great starting point because it has a very clear ending point -- taking off
WhiskeyGrinder
Saturday
#26
I would add that personal property is a valid issue, too. Bashing out the
allegorical oracle
Saturday
#51
One step at a time. Unmask. Identify. Bagpipes on their sidewalk. Or something. It's the little things that add up.
cbabe
Saturday
#58
Reich wingers want to break up the country. DU members want Donnie "Hoover" tRump to not dump the country. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
9 hrs ago
#79
I just saw a video of one of those goons stopping a car based on driving while looking latino.
Baitball Blogger
Saturday
#36
Consequences, and justice, may be slow in coming for these asswipes. but these thugs are being filmed.
Timeflyer
Saturday
#40
Early this a.m. with my first coffee, heard some ICE dude answering this question.
allegorical oracle
Saturday
#48
Yea heard that excuse before as well. So, what if ALL law enforcers took same attitude?
bluestarone
Saturday
#52