VETERAN: "This is why they can't wear masks. Because people like this exist... if you want to snatch people off the street

[Picaro]

5. The masks and lack of uniforms tell us something basic

Even the legitimate ones (that are actual ICE or police) know they are obeying illegal orders. They know that later if they are arrested that following orders is not a viable defense. I guarantee you that there are emails that talk to this. I would bet that there have been trainings that recommend wearing masks and not displaying their badges to protect from subsequent prosecution. They also know that what they’re doing is simply wrong and people are going to get really pissed off. Some might be tempted to track these people down. They know this because they’d get violent if this was done to them. Simple human logic.

We have laws, state and federal, that prohibit these behaviors.

These laws exist because of our sordid history of vigilante “justice” and extrajudicial rapes, murders, and assaults.

The Trump regime has ushered in a time of lawlessness where the supposed good guys are to be feared. Ultimately, these guys are going to pick on someone that’s armed and some of these idiots are going to get killed. When this happens the shooter is going to have a really good defense because they had no way of knowing who was attacking them. A masked person has always been viewed as an assailant—because in most instances they were.

It looks to me like a lot of these fuckers aren’t even real ICE or DHS. But it doesn’t really matter if they are. Without due process they are defacto illegitimate.

This piece brings the problems with how these supposed deportation actions are being carried out into even clearer focus.

Thanks for posting.