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George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽Why are ICE agents masked to begin with? Our law enforcement officers shouldn’t be anonymous. Ever.
Darrin West@georgetakei Employees of The People should not be doing things kept secret for The People. We should stop paying them, or make them behave in a way that doesn’t make them want to hide.
Sean Fenian@georgetakei Two reasons: To create fear and to avoid accountability.
AccordionBruce@zakalwe @georgetakei
If they won’t show badge #s how do we know they’re not criminals?
They could be impersonating cops and don’t deserve to be obeyed
This is how death squads act
Danni Storm 🇺🇦 🇺🇦@AccordionBruce @zakalwe @georgetakei I would be curious how self defense laws would work if you injured them while defending yourself from thugs without ID or badge. Because you do have a right to defend yourself and in the scenerio you don't know they are actually government law enforcement. Anyone can say they are 'the police'. That alone doesn't abdicate your right to defend your body and rights.
@danni_storm @AccordionBruce @georgetakei There's already at least one reported case where a man sexually assaulted a 51-year-old woman while masquerading as an ICE operative.
@zakalwe @georgetakei @danni_storm
It’s not something I’d want to take to court without being prepared to fight and be made an example of, quite possibly losing badly
It’s not something I’d want to take to court without being prepared to fight and be made an example of, quite possibly losing badly
@AccordionBruce @zakalwe @georgetakei True, but do you just comply with anyone who says they are police, even if they refuse to provide proof?
(Legitimate question, I'm curious how others see this too)
@danni_storm @zakalwe @georgetakei
I think it is a very reasonable thing to normalize not getting into a car with masked unidentified assailants
There should be some sort of standardized response for being kidnapped by terrorists
Under past dictatorships I guess they used to recommend yelling out your name so that bystanders would know you were being disappeared?
Certainly requesting aid from bystanders in identifying who is detaining you so that someone will know where you will be taken
Grinning Cat 
@AccordionBruce @zakalwe @georgetakei Criminals wear masks. Law enforcement can order them to drop their weapons, and if that order isn't obeyed, they're justifiably afraid for their lives.
etsy²¹²@grinningcat @AccordionBruce @zakalwe @georgetakei the sentiment isn't wrong but this rhetoric is ripe to be taken advantage of. I wouldn't rely on the "criminals do this"
@etsyy @grinningcat @zakalwe @georgetakei
The irony, I suppose I would support all public servants wearing masks all the time if they were doing it to prevent the spread of disease
The irony, I suppose I would support all public servants wearing masks all the time if they were doing it to prevent the spread of disease
Levka@AccordionBruce @zakalwe @georgetakei
Having a badge to show doesn't make anyone not a criminal. Cops break the law pretty much every day.
@AccordionBruce @zakalwe @georgetakei
That doesn't stop them from committing crimes. For example:
https://kolektiva.social/@LevZadov/110626329795847684
https://kolektiva.social/@LevZadov/110699074921488487
https://kolektiva.social/@LevZadov/110844033269549056
etc.
Fly in the Sky@georgetakei is it law enforcement?
RiaResists@georgetakei
Fkn pussies. All Nazis are the same.
Fkn pussies. All Nazis are the same.
gunstick@RiaResists @georgetakei
Oh, come on, the GeStaPo and SS did not wear masks. They were less behaving like mafia than ICE.
Oh, come on, the GeStaPo and SS did not wear masks. They were less behaving like mafia than ICE.
Mark@georgetakei They’re not enforcing laws. They are committing a crime.
Rainer König@georgetakei
Are they really officers? To me they look like terrorists. They kidnap people and never show any warrants. So my conclusion can only be that they commit crimes. What would explain why they don't want to be identified.
Are they really officers? To me they look like terrorists. They kidnap people and never show any warrants. So my conclusion can only be that they commit crimes. What would explain why they don't want to be identified.
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦am i imagining things, or are some of them also putting nylon hose netting on top of their ski masks, to futher blur their eyes and evade iris-recognition tech?
That's clever. These guys know how facial recognition works. Note, too, that his ears are covered. That's a facial recognition fail. The only tell I can spot is the distance between his eyes. Even that is fuzzy. And what color are they, anyway?
mhoyeIt’s not blurring their eyes, it’s faking a whole other face. It’s a new thing you should be aware of:
Realistic celebrity mask
@mhoye @georgetakei wow. that’s definitely plausible.
calsnoboarder@georgetakei it’s almost like they know what they are doing is illegal and don’t want their faces public in case the Cheeto in chief ends up being indicted and their protector isn’t able to protect them. If there is still a democracy by 2028, maybe they will face consequences. Not holding my breath, but it is a pleasant thought.
@calsnoboarder @georgetakei where are all the guns people aledgedly have?
@calsnoboarder @georgetakei democracy has been gone for some time. upholding the status quo is what led us to this moment, continuing to do so isn't gonna save us
FurballsNHairballs@georgetakei
They're scared of revenge and retribution .
If that's the case maybe qualified immunity isn't for them
🤷♂️
They're scared of revenge and retribution .
If that's the case maybe qualified immunity isn't for them
🤷♂️
Quarky@georgetakei masks are for cowards !
Luc Duplessis@Quarky @georgetakei anyone with experience in the police will agree that cowards always use masks. When they are caught they cry like babies.
Phil Landmeier@Quarky @georgetakei Exactly. If you're operating lawfully there's no need for a mask, is there? Right? Hello.
On the other hand, if you're breaking the law, pushing the envelope...
Skewray Research {ICE≡Gestapo}@georgetakei ICE agents are not "Law Enforcement Officers". They do not enforce laws.
Flaming Cheeto
demi7en 🎗🇪🇺@georgetakei Reminds me of Hong Kong during the 2019 anti-dictatorship protests. The regime banned wearing masks, but, as diktated by the CCP in Beijing, in early 2020 wearing masks was ruled compulsory.
That in itself isn't insane (see: "Wuhan virus aka Covid19), but the "law" making mask-wearing illegal remained in the books and was even enforced!
In the end Hongkongers lost their fight for the promised democratic rights and civil liberties.
You don't want that happening to your country. You really don't.
famousringo@georgetakei the hoods were at the dry cleaners. Hard to keep them white.
Helma@georgetakei They are the 'Bruinhemden' of Trump, like Hitler had. If this path continous, soon they will feel free to not wear face protection.
impermanen_ 🕊️They mask up because they understand that they are a paramilitary force operating outside the law, not law enforcement officers at all. As such they know they could be brought to justice for their actions at some point, or at the very least socially shunned. They hope to avoid that.
michael aubert@georgetakei Bulletproof vests but breathing can be prevented with a spray of water. Not their best idea.
stux⚡@georgetakei They're called the Gestapo now
Kierkegaanks regretfully@georgetakei So they won’t spend a decade in prison once 47 is gone?
Eric Mächler 🖖@georgetakei you live in a cardassian society - where the police control your lives.
millennial falcon@georgetakei those are not law enforcement they are domestic terrorists. hitler's brownshirts. they hide their faces when they commit these violent crimes and acts of terrorism to make it harder for you to hunt every single fucking one of them down and put a bullet through their skull in urgent defense of American civilians' lives. organise and do the work.
Mark Mason@georgetakei they are ashamed of what they are doing. The not proud boys.
@georgetakei these are tactics of cowards who know they are commiting unlawful and illegal actions. They are the modern day gestapo.
Randall Lee@georgetakei Often times they are commiting crimes and violating human rights. Abolish
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MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘@georgetakei
The thugs CosPlaying as #ICE Agents are actually "deputized citizens"... a bunch of #racist pr!cks who are out rounding people up as part of #NaziDon's private Gestapo. #FascismHasComeToAmerica
The thugs CosPlaying as #ICE Agents are actually "deputized citizens"... a bunch of #racist pr!cks who are out rounding people up as part of #NaziDon's private Gestapo. #FascismHasComeToAmerica
Peter van der Klugt@georgetakei @MugsysRapSheet Maybe Proud Boys and/or Oath Keepers?
MidgePhoto@georgetakei they are police who want to be secret.
Ends badly.
Ends badly.
CharleyThey wear masks, don't show warrants, and don't show verifiable ID of any kind. Not only does this indicate they are clearly concerned about their actions being illegal (as many have pointed out already) but any random crime gang who wanted to could pose as ICE to facilitate kidnappings. Aside from being immoral and often illegal, it's shockingly unwise policy that puts the public at grave risk.
punIssuer@georgetakei #altText4you Tweet by Auntie Smartassy (@AuntS[truncated]): "Couldn't wear a mask during a pandemic but can wear them to arrest mayors🤔"
Still frame of footage of the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, showing many armed forces wearing bullet proof vests and ski masks or other means to hide their faces
Still frame of footage of the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, showing many armed forces wearing bullet proof vests and ski masks or other means to hide their faces
Gilgwath@georgetakei Because they are criminals, not law enforcement any longer. If you are upholding laws and orders that will land you in so much trouble you are unwilling to associate to face with them, you are no longer the good guys. You've just been palpatined.
MJ Muse@georgetakei which ever side, as long as it's pandemic or death, the masks serve the #Christian_Fascists #TrumpNaziDeathParty nihilistic, Armageddon end times, agenda. They are creating their Aryan race world in their sociopathic brains.