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[–] GuyFawkes@midwest.social 93 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If they’re masked we need to start calling them “alleged” ICE agents, since they really could just be jack booted thugs without authority kidnapping people.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

Bingo. They're not wearing anything to ID them with, so for all we know they're just the scary cartel guys we keep getting told are ALL OVER the US. Call 911. Get the SWAT involved if you can - "hey a bunch of guys in masks with rifles are shoving people into vans over here and I'm worried they will start shooting" shouted, panicky, into the phone will get a lot more interesting and hard to sort out police response than "I wanted to check if ICE is out here". Frustrate the system in any way you can.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I gotta believe people are calling the police and I sorta wish they would check with 911. I mean I see a bunch of guys jump out and grab someone and im going to be like. hold shit. This idea that people are going to assume the wierd unmarked special forces cosplay guys are ice instead of gangbangers make no sense to me coming from a big city. I still remember walking down an alley when a car goes by and stops all of a sudden and four unmarked guys get out with bullet proof vests and equipment belts. One guy tells me to stop. I turned around with my hands up but kept on walking backwords toward the major road and yelled im going to need to see some idea or im assuming they are gangbangers. They brought out id and yeah they were cops but like im not obeying some heavily offensively equipped stranger and I was ready to book to the closest shop to ask them to call 911. This is just so crazy.

[–] GuyFawkes@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You’re leaving out some pretty big parts of that story.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

Nothing really happened. They questioned me and that was it. The big deal was they are approaching me in a group telling me to stop with nothing to indicate they were actually police until they showed me id.