Mike German, an ex-FBI agent, said immigration agents hiding their identities ‘highlights the illegitimacy of actions’
Some wear balaclavas. Some wear neck gators, sunglasses and hats. Some wear masks and casual clothes.
Across the country, armed federal immigration officers have increasingly hidden their identities while carrying out immigration raids, arresting protesters and roughing up prominent Democratic critics.
It’s a trend that has sparked alarm among civil rights and law enforcement experts alike.
Mike German, a former FBI agent, said officers’ widespread use of masks was unprecedented in US law enforcement and a sign of a rapidly eroding democracy. “Masking symbolizes the drift of law enforcement away from democratic controls,” he said.
I mean, this is exactly the type of shit the second amendment allegedly is there for…
Problem is no one understands the full meaning in this country thanks to decades of hyper-individualist propaganda.
It says a well regulated militia for a damn reason. That means organizing with your community to create a local fighting force. Unfortunately, the propaganda around owning firearms has framed it as being your own one-man-army that will defend your little “castle” from raiders until “order” is restored instead of owning them as an aspect of being organized with your community to defend it together against the government if its authority becomes unjust and fails to represent the will of the people.