• @Kirp123@lemmy.world
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    Wait, that’s how they’re actually dressed? They just look like random people. The fact that they don’t get shot more speaks a lot about how well behaved the people they are kidnapping are.

    • Sibbo
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      I think they look more like a bunch of thugs than normal people.

      • @axh@lemmy.world
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        Those are thugs, who were under qualified for mafia or even any respectable gang so they applied for the government job.

    • @ssroxnak@lemmy.world
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      They’re also going after the population that are probably the unlikeliest to own firearms. That being said, if you’re brown and not carrying a firearm and your “papers”, you should probably change your habits. Fuck me, it’s disgusting that this is the case in America.

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      dont you guys have an amendment that allows you to shoot such militia?

      for self defense against a rogue state and shit?

    • @littlewonder@lemmy.world
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      They’d blend in a lot better if they didn’t look like old western bandits about to rob a train with those masks.

      Cowards. All of them. I hope they all get doxxed.

    • @MrSmith@lemmy.world
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      They don’t get shot because guns are for mass-shootings.

      Haven’t read a single story where a gun was used against the tyrannical government / cops.

      Mostly because you can’t “self-defence” agaist the police in the US. You will always be shot to death on the spot.

  • veroxii
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    They wear masks for the same reason the Klansmen wore masks.

  • @halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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    Looks like a group of shady men wearing masks intended to hide their faces around an unmarked van threatening civilians with weapons to me. Call the police, maybe hyperbolize it a bit. Make them either abandon their spot or waste their time justifying their existence to the police instead of whatever bullshit they’re there to do.

    • @littlewonder@lemmy.world
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      Are you sure it’s not a group of protestors? Because then covering your face is illegal in some places now. Better call the cops to get those protestors back to the free speech zone.

      BUT THIS IS STILL A TOTALLY NORMAL AND FINE DEMOCRACY, RIGHT CONSERVATIVES?

  • flandish
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    that’s actually a mob of criminals. you see these dbags you need to call 911, especially if you are not an immigrant.

    • @BossDj@lemm.ee
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      The reality is they are consistently informing local police that they are “conducting business in the area” and are plain clothes.

      • flandish
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        319 days ago

        for sure. make no mistake - the point of the call is not to get police help it’s to be a pain in the ass. It’s “agitprop”

  • FauxPseudo
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    It’s 2025. America. You see these men on the street.

    If you assume they are going to rob a bank dial 911.

    If you assume they are going to lynch someone dial 911.

    If you assume they are going to kidnap someone dial 911.

    If you assume they are law enforcement then get your eyes checked. They aren’t wearing any identifying uniform, no insignia, no badges.

    If you assume they are impersonating law enforcement then dial 911 and get your eyes checked.

    • Definitely don’t call 911. That just gives them more backup. They look like terrorists in the streets. It’s actually illegal here to wear a mask over your face while demonstrating or armed so they are under stand your ground territory

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          You can only use proportional force to defend yourself under stand your ground laws. If you stab someone that is only using their body parts then you go to jail. Will a jury convict? It will take a year or two to find out.

          • Not here. Self Defense was proportional response. Stand your ground means you can shoot someone who hasn’t even touched you if they break your car window

          • That’s not true in all states. In Florida, if you feel genuinely threatened, you can respond with deadly force, no matter what the other guy is threatening you with.

            • And people who write things like that and immediately got a stabbing are definitely not from the same area as you and I must be because whenI think of my self-defence weapon, it’s not my knife

      • Easy there, boss. That depends heavily on what state you’re in. And the ones that have “stand your ground” and “castle doctrine” are usually the ones where local police are openly coordinating with ICE.

        • Yeah. Understand your ground you still get arrested when you kill someone. You don’t have to deal with the police you go straight to a local Judge, Who in my county has already ruled people shooting off duty police officers moonlighting as security is perfectly legal

      • FauxPseudo
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        If you stand your ground you still go to jail. Even if you are released you still got more inconvenienced than them.

        As a white person I’m at minimal risk from them. But in order to stand your ground for another person they must have a legal right to be where they are. And if they are, in fact, not legally here, then bad things happen to you.

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          If you don’t, it’s possible you’re going to a concentration camp. Think I rather get tried by a jury of my peers.

        • I might still go to jail, but I have taken all of them out so they will never be another problem.

          The ones here don’t wear body armour because that would make them stick out more

  • Aeri
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    They look like random Grand Theft Auto enemies that you wipe out by the dozen.

  • @jimjam5@lemmy.world
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    No badges, no name tags, no exposed faces… let’s see “ ICE “ try this in a state with strong self defense laws.

  • @ssroxnak@lemmy.world
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    There is absolutely no proof that these people are ICE, or any other agents of the state. Do not assume masked strangers throwing people in vehicles are law enforcement. Especially if they don’t identify themselves.

    We all need to stop making this assumption, and to start encouraging others to also not make this assumption.

    • @littlewonder@lemmy.world
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      My favorite so far is the people who follow these fuckers around with megaphones and broadcast the rights people have when dealing with ICE, numbers of local lawyers and advocates, and other instructions to help people either avoid the interaction or at least have a fighting chance to due process if they are detained.

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        What would be better is if, when people were being kidnapped by these brownshirts-at-home, the bystanders started beating these kidnappers to a bloody, gelatinous pulp. That way, the street sweepers could come and gently push their mouldering viscera where they belong: the gutter.

        Remember: there is no evidence that these people have the force of law behind them. Citizens should not allow others to be kidnapped in broad daylight.

        • @SabinStargem@lemmy.today
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          One big worry is that if I fight these bastards, the Democrat-backed apparatus would arrest me for being in the wrong. I don’t want to get into a fight since I am poor and have no friends…but hopefully I have the guts to get involved, if my neighbors start being rounded up.

          Part of the reason why ICE can do what it does, is because establishment politicians are not willing to support the concept of antifa. The failure to inspect ICE trafficking facilities, standing aside and letting police abuse protestors, the gentle approach regarding January 6th, and more, all contributes to a disbelief in the Democrats.

          Hopefully, local leadership will start appearing. I want to join a ICE Breaker militia. Without support, legal and morale, I might not find it in myself to do what must be done. 😰

        • @LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee
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          Absolutely. Numbers have power too. If you happen to be around when this happens do not let the eyes of those around you turn the other way.

          Everyone is waiting for someone to say something. But no one has said anything so we all think “well, I guess I don’t know the whole story because no one ELSE is doing anything”. It’s quite a well documented human group behavior.

          You need to be that first voice. You need to shake everyone else out of that thought. Because you know exactly what it is. It’s scary to be that first or second person to speak up.

          But another well documented human behavior is that when someone goes to help, others join in, they get shaken out of their “freeze” and decide to fight.

          Our society isn’t broken enough yet for people not to care when someone is being kidnapped. They just need you to call it what it is.

          Just keep calling “ICE” liars. If they try to say they are federal agents just keep saying they are lying. Do everything to delay until you have enough support to make them feel afraid. Again, they are Nazis. They are not brave. They are scared little losers. Don’t let them feel safe to get out of their black vans.

        • @parody@lemmings.world
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          Check your calendar—it’s not January 6, so the president doesn’t want you killing enforcement anymore.

          (You might get a pass if they’re arresting people and as a result causing traffic for supporters to get to his parade or rally.)

          “Killing cops is AWESOME but ONLY when you do it on your way to try to kill Mike Pence” -The President, obviously. Putin will also support that just like he complained about the death of Ashli Babbitt. (He actually did)

    • @LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee
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      I get what you mean. But, materially, there is not much of a difference. You should absolutely do everything in your power to stop or resist them.

      They are Nazis with a badge or Nazis without a badge. That badge doesn’t change what should be done to them by anyone that sees them. They should not feel safe getting out of their van. There are more of us. Get organized and be ready to be that 2nd or 3rd or 4th random stranger that is brave enough to standup to them.

      Nazi’s aren’t brave. They are wimpy little losers. That’s why they are Nazis. Don’t let them feel safe anywhere they go.

    • Uriel238 [all pronouns]
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      The problem is, it’s plausible they are ice, and in the US hoodlums gathering near a van before pulling a heist are rarer than unmarked ICE guys waiting to acquire a target, so if this isn’t a movie set, they’re most likely ICE.

    • stebo
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      019 days ago

      are you implying anyone was making this assumption? any group of thugs could pretend to be ICE this way

    • @Anomalocaris@lemm.ee
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      they are terrorists, any common sense judicial system would consider it legal to shoot them in self defense

    • @Decq@lemmy.world
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      I don’t know how self defense laws function over there. But surely if someone dressed like that approaches you, you are free to shoot them/defend yourself right? Surely wearing a balaclava shows bad intentions accordingly to the law?