Mastodawn

I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument.
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Parsing ICE’s mixed-up, hard-to-believe assault claims

ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify officers masking their identities.

The Washington Post

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Jennifer Kayla | Theogrin 🦊1d ago

@pbump

Thank you for the article, and in particular for bringing attention to the meaning of a percentage there. It's always dubious when we see that: it's a graceful obfuscation to make issues seem bigger -- or sometimes, smaller -- than they actually are.

Typically when we see a percentage, I look for factors which might correlate with them. Is there, for example, a significant increase in warrantless, badgeless masked thugs in plainclothes tearing families apart? Or even an increase in 'legitimate' ICE activity to that effect?

And I wonder if that's more or less than 413%...

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Kuo 1d ago

@pbump
seems they learned from the way German cops work, he tried to bite my boot. in another case, he tried to bite my machine gun barrel. He bashed his face on my fist,
etc.

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Nonilex 1d ago

"Lander — literally & aesthetically the city’s accountant — assaulted the officers in the sense that a bully might accuse you of having gotten in the way of his fist."

- @pbump
#law #Trump #BradLander #ICE #Gestapo #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #fascism #AmericanAutocracy

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fuminghumanist 1d ago

@pbump We all know the reason they are wearing masks is that they are the bad guys, and they are afraid of reprisals against them and their families. Because bad people always think everyone would do the same thing they would do if roles were reversed.

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