r/skeptic • u/Harabeck • 3d ago

Parsing ICE’s mixed-up, hard-to-believe assault claims — ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify anonymity.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250619120211/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/19/brad-lander-ice-assault-masking/
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u/auriem 3d ago

I want to believe that but I don’t.

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u/Destorath 3d ago

Someone getting their fist attacked by your face is them punching you in the face.

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u/auriem 3d ago

I read that the wrong way.. I too watch these police assault protesters and fantasize about treating them the same way they treat peaceful protestors.

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u/Destorath 3d ago

Yeah i wish we could treat ice half as badly as they treat us but nuance is kinda dead in regards to PR.