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[–] thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 214 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh my nobody could have seen this coming. (Sarcasm)

[–] CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works 23 points 5 days ago

People were calling it from day 1. I'm surprised it took this long for the FBI to come out with a statement... although...

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 124 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states,

I'd need to see some exceptionally compelling evidence to be convinced they weren't actually just ICE officers doing this.

And later in the story...

A senior ICE official tells WIRED: “Anyone caught impersonating themselves as a federal immigration agent will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Impersonating a federal immigration officer endangers public safety and erodes trust in law enforcement.”

Only the bootliquors still have any trust remaining. Fucking trust. Lol

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I worry that they'll claim wearing a mask is "impersonating a federal immigration officer", especially when it's bad enough the protests happen in earnest.

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[–] rayyy@piefed.social 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

We've reached a point where lawlessness is being championed by both the law and criminals. Add to that we have elected a felon/pedophile president. What a time to be alive - sigh.

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[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 134 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Take off the masks, you fucking cowards

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[–] Wahots@pawb.social 14 points 4 days ago

DHS has argued that agents still identify themselves while masked: “When our heroic law enforcement officers conduct operations, they clearly identify themselves as law enforcement while wearing masks to protect themselves from being targeted by highly sophisticated gangs like Tren de Aragua and MS-13, criminal rings, murderers, and rapists,” assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a September statement.

If this were true, every judge, police officer and prosecutor would be dead. So no, they do not need to hide their faces. We all know why they are really hiding their faces.

Release the files.

[–] IndridCold@lemmy.ca 49 points 5 days ago (8 children)

I always thought protesters should wear jeans or tan tactical pants, boots, vest and plate ($35-50 from Amazon), a tacticool utility belt ($20-30 from amazon), helmet ($30 from amazon) a black Balaclava Ski Mask ($6), with sunglasses. On the right chest have a random ID number like "A462". Slap an American flag patch (or a Police gang patch with the blue line).

You could even throw in a functional gas mask for $50

These ICE creeps don't have a proper issued uniform. They bought their shit off amazon as well. I saw one dude who looked like he was wearing airsoft/paintball stuff.

Can you imagine the confusion if everyone dressed in tacticool? Those untrained ICE idiots would be completely lost.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

The JR "Bob" Dobbs mantra - "If you act like a dumb shit, they'll treat you like an equal".

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 42 points 5 days ago (3 children)

So we're allowed to shoot them in self defense now if they don't ID?

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago

Yes, and I am shocked this hasn't already happened.

[–] SlothMama@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The fact that this isn't an every day occurrence confuses the shit out of me.

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[–] Kellenved@sh.itjust.works 100 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Organized gangs finally had their lightbulb moment?

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 66 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Well, that assumes “organized gang” and “ICE” are mutually exclusive….

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago (2 children)
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[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 37 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This just tells me that the "real" ICE agents, are doing criminal stuff and the FBI are just getting in front of that. What did they think would happen when you give the otherwise unemployable a badge and a gun, and empower them?

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 50 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Some of them are probably real ICE.

[–] theparadox@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago

Plausible deniability.

Reports of a masked ICE Agent murdering an individual filming an ICE raid, then fleeing the scene. "That wasn't an actual ICE agent. Don't worry, it's... 'under investigation' and we'll never release any information about the incident ever again."

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[–] PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Still surprised we haven’t seen more shoot outs. But that just goes to show how peaceful people seeking citizenship really are.

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[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So masked ICE are likely criminals? Noted

So masked ICE are ~~likely~~ criminals? Noted

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 44 points 5 days ago (1 children)

hah they're not going to ID themselves. these cowards can't even do their "jobs" without covering their faces because they're so scared.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 73 points 5 days ago

And agents who don't do this, or do other illegal acts should be dealt with. Right? Hello?

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 50 points 5 days ago

Ice is sexually assaulting people.

Let them prove they aren’t.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 54 points 5 days ago

Ice are criminals

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 46 points 5 days ago

Yeah, as everyone knew would happen when the cowards began hiding their identities and acting like a secret police on amfetamins.

[–] drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.works 44 points 5 days ago

"Warns" "urges" Yeah that'll do ot

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The FBI only put a bulletin warning that masked individuals might be pretending to be government agents, just now? After nine months of terrorism? How is this not seen as authoritarian move? This is like with any full blown authoritarian states where the dear leader says something vague tantamount to directing a purge. And when enough people were purged, the dear leader would then say that his goons had gone too far from his original intent and order them to stop. This is not the first time America did something similar; the red scare and the McCarthy's communist witch hunts went on long enough to tarnish people's reputation, before Harry Truman made a speech calling out what is happening as unfair to people whose reputations were ruined. The powers-that-be know what the heck their doing and the last minute "call to sanity" is to white wash their deliberate intentions.

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Like we’ve been saying this whole time!

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago

Wow, what a great idea.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

At this rate someone's going to feel legally justified to defend themselves and others with lethal force from potential criminals.

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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

All ICE agents are criminals. They know this, which is why they always refuse to identify themselves.

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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 38 points 5 days ago

Lol, gee I never saw this coming....

[–] NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world 40 points 5 days ago

Oh, oh, I know! How about they release an app, or a website, where we can take a picture of the face of any of these Agents, and it will confirm if they're actually one or not.

On a serious note, it would be very useful to have a better system of confirming who is an actual agent or not. Something like plugging their badge number into a website and they have to confirm a daily code or similar.

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Criminals posing as Ice... Seems like Ice is covering for their own crimes they are committing

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[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"Criminals warn of criminals posing as criminals. Urges criminals to incriminate themselves."

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago (9 children)

Well, that's all very cool.

How about ICE stop wearing those goddamned masks so they can be identified?

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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago

The majority of ICE then

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 30 points 5 days ago (23 children)

Maybe they could go after the real criminals then?

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[–] Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In my state we have the right to defend our property and that includes vehicles. So, let them try to fuck with me or my wife and see what happens. We’re homos and armed to the teeth.

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