Randahl Fink

The Trump administration is setting a new norm, that wearing masks while being an armed law enforcer is normal.

Criminals will take advantage of this. It is nothing new that hardcore criminals disguise as police, but what is new is, this disguise can now be worn while being masked, and it will not look out of the ordinary.

Criminals will be able to abduct anybody anywhere while wearing police gear, guns, AND masks, and no one will be able to know if they are real or fake.

Jun 21 at 5:14amIvory for iOS
Show threadRaglan Niall  Jun 21
@randahl it is absolutely terrifying. I am so glad I have no reason to be in the US
Show threadGeorge SaichJun 21
@randahl
This sht has got to stop.
Show threadMichael GraafJun 21
@randahl Once again the fate long inflicted on colonies such as Mexico comes home to the mothership.
Show thread�Jun 21
@randahl buy this gear and raid the white house then?
Show threadJamesAshburnerJun 21
@randahl Members of the USA’s astonishing number of police-type agencies *also* can not readily know whether they’re facing criminals, vigilantes, terrorists, paramilitary groups, or even—perhaps—some government forces which failed to inform “partner” agencies of their intentions.
But don’t worry—nothing could possibly go wrong.
Show threadShadSterlingJun 21
@randahl I don’t understand why local police haven’t started arresting people who behave this way and are not wearing clear identifying markings and badges
Show threadAndreas KJun 21
@ShadSterling
Because they'd be reprimanded if they'd arrest one of Trump's ICE stormtroopers.
@randahl
Show threadShadSterlingJun 22
@yacc143 @randahl so instead they ignore all crimes by all criminals who wear a mask and no badge? They might not get reprimanded for that today, but the more criminals watch on the worse things will get, and if they’re not paying attention to that they’re not doing their job
Show threadDarkAthena 💙🏳️‍🌈🧑🏻‍💻💫Jun 21
@randahl @thefwguy These aren’t police. They’re terrorists.
Show threadSweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽Jun 21
@randahl
The republicans are fine with it as long as they aren't getting abducted.
Show threadChantaruJun 21
@NMBA @randahl I wish ICE was getting abducted.
Show threadFrançois @PragueJun 21

@randahl

I encourage masked gang members to pretend to be ICE agent and start deporting ICE agents.

Show thread🍄🇪🇺ashtime🇪🇺🍄Jun 21
@randahl If I ma not wrong, police in #Russia does wear even helmets.
Show threadLe Monolecte 😷🤬🐧 Jun 21

@randahl

On the other hand, who can tell the difference between police officers working for a criminal state and usual criminals?

Show thread🦇 bbk-9 🔻Jun 21

@Monolecte @randahl

Usual criminals tend to have a high sense of honor

Show threadAndreas KJun 21

@Monolecte
Welcome to Russia, a state run by a Mafia boss.

Oh, congratulations on electing a felon to the White House who had already before shown the behaviours of a slightly idiotic mafia don.
@randahl

Show threadwobweger Jun 21

@randahl
which proves the point
there is no masked law enforcer,
those or also criminals

they behave in the same way
abducting people from the street
putting them into concentration camps and
subsequenctly deporting them to a forgein country
without any legal justification or legal process

all very very unjust and most disturbing
how fast a #Democracy turned into a #PoliceState

Show threadwobweger Jun 21
🤔
scratch #PoliceState
#CriminalState will do
Show threadDebbie BelairJun 21
@randahl fuck! And then they talk about medical masks being a problem. 😡
Show threadSufferForMe 🆘Jun 21

@Scienceisnotopinions @randahl

presumably anyone who wants to wear a medical mask now in America just has to dress like ICE and they'll be fine (tho they'll run the risk of being glitter bombed)

Show threadRihards OlupsJun 21
@randahl Oh the footwear. Not that it could be used to identify them and force full uniforming soon…
Show threadJames CamerounJun 21
@randahl There sure is a Klan vibe to it
Show threadArchitekt die WeltJun 21
@randahl how long till Purge ( the movie ) ?
Show threadGabriele Marcosanti Jun 21
@randahl everyone should always be geared and masked. Problem solved.
Show threadMarcus Marcius MarcellusJun 21
@randahl If Trump makes it reasonable to assume that masked figures claiming to be LEO are in fact dangerous criminals bent on murder, rape or robbery, normal people should arm themselves and take the self-defense measures that Trump has made reasonable.
Show thread🇵🇸 Álvaro GonzálezJun 21
@randahl Drug cartels must be really excited.
Show threadThijs_GoverdeJun 21
@randahl Criminals already *are* abducting people while dressed in police gear.
They're called ICE.
Show threadJustbeepJun 21

@randahl
You are wrong!

Criminals are apparently already taking advantage oft this 🤮

Show threadMerlin MakesJun 21
@randahl
The police used to be that friendly, helpful person that you could ask anything if you needed help. A kind of social worker in the neighbourhood.
Nowadays when I see police I smell trouble and make a curve as wide as possible around that type of scum.
Show threadLillyLyle/Count MelancholiaJun 21

@randahl We'll have to insist police have subcutaneous RF tags, so we can scan them.

(though I suppose even that can be hacked)

Show threadRandahl FinkJun 21

@LillyHerself in Denmark there is even a large written unique I'd number on each police officer, like L1243.

It is your guarantee that you can file a complaint if necessary.

A few officers in Copenhagen removed the numbers in a situation of unrest, but then the police management decided to glue the numbers onto their gear.

Fortunately, this gluing has not been necessary elsewhere.

Show threadLillyLyle/Count MelancholiaJun 21
@randahl Same in the UK. Though some officers discovered that if they put a pen in their breast pocket, this forced the pocket flap up and covered the number!
Show threadJustbeepJun 21
@randahl
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/04/us/ice-impersonators-on-the-rise-arrests-made-as-authorities-issue-national-warning
Multiple ICE impersonation arrests made during nationwide immigration crackdown

Authorities in three states have made arrests in connection with individuals impersonating Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, as tensions rise amid a nationwide immigration crackdown.

CNN
Show threadRandahl FinkJun 21
@Justbeep there it is.
Show threadxs4me2Jun 21
@randahl Intimidation now the new normal. But this will fire back at government in the end is my view.
Show threadTanya Karoli 4 a better worldJun 21
@randahl more and more reasons not to go to the U.S.
Show threadTom ShaferJun 21
@randahl Sadly, it's on-brand for a cult who rely on faceless social media thugs to threaten opposition politicians and fellow citizens. This is the IRL manifestation.
Show threadNoel KellyJun 21

@randahl

Already been a case of a woman snatched off the street, and $1000 stolen.

Show threadSufferForMe 🆘Jun 21

@gnoll110

i wrote some time ago that impersonating ICE is perfect cover for rapists (single and in gangs); child abduction, rape and trafficking; violent retribution against people someone feels has slighted them (not unlike Trump's own motives); and pretty much any other crime you can think of.

@randahl

Show threadcuan_knaggsJun 21
@randahl *other criminals
Show threadPoloniousmonkJun 21

@randahl

This is why everyone needs to be armed, and fight to the death if some masked asshole tries to abduct you.

We should all wear suicide bomb vests set to dead man triggers.

Thanks, trumpie! I totally had "need a suicide bomber vest because my government went out of control" on my 2025 bingo card. But it's the only logical way to roll. You have to make them afraid to do this.

Show threadamaliaJun 21
@randahl Am I seeing right? Is that a black guy in the back? 😮
Show threadAsier 🇪🇸Jun 21
@randahl tbh hones I just assumed most of the kidnapping videos weren't even ICE, seems pretty obvious
Show threadts 🚉Jun 21
@randahl I know right? At the same time, people have a right to be masked - even for privacy reasons, but absolutely to stay healthy. What is unacceptable is anonymity in law enforcement. These goons ought to be prepared to have people fully defend themselves
Show threadAbieJun 21
@randahl Even those in Watchmen -that deeply shocked me at the time- had distinctive uniforms.
Show threadyunchtimeJun 21

@randahl

it's psychopathological terror. down with this bozo dictatorship!

Show threadSweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽Jun 21
@randahl
Just a matter of time before some freedom demonstrators dress up like little green men to infiltrate the little green men. The MAGA gestapo isn't know for foresight.
Show threadatlovatoJun 21
@randahl - Thank you Trump Phony
Show threadIanto JonesJun 21

@randahl they certainly give the appearance of highly-trained officers, ready for any tactical situation. 🙄

None of these idiots have any idea what they're doing, and I doubt evasion or obstruction would be much of a problem. I cannot express it any other way aside from, "fuck these sad, wannabe nazis who are dumb enough to put themselves in harm's way to fight and expel their peaceful neighbors. Their reckoning will arrive."

Show threadIanto JonesJun 21
@randahl this brings up a point. Among the gestapo I'm sure everyone has noticed a lot of meal-team-six types. Focus on them. Harass them. Block them. They're out of shape, are essentially fish out of water, and their more capable jackbooted colleagues will need to break off from whatever they're doing to assist. Hit them where they're weakest.
Show threadrun_atalanta 😷💯Jun 21
@randahl But will they be arrested on Long Island?
Show thread[160 ΒΡΜ]Jun 22

@randahl

Amazing: no one has breathing problems like in Corona times 🤔

Show threadMJ MuseJun 23
@randahl the same MAGAts that screamed about wearing masks during pandemic. What's to stop cartel traffickers from stealing people?