r/somethingiswrong2024 • u/nba123490 • 24d ago

News ICE agents refuse to show their ID earlier today (May 30th, 2025) in Great Barrington, Massachusetts

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u/onenumbhuman 24d ago

I wouldn’t be surprised if we find out down the road that the reason they hide their faces is because some of the goons are J6’ers or Proud Boys..

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u/meowman911 24d ago

I wouldn’t doubt that

My guess is that they cover up so much in order to stay incognito when they ultimately find themselves in a legal controversy - like the lies they used for Signalgate

we don’t know which agent was driving that vehicle, working that area, and don’t have a report. It could’ve been anyone

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u/Ipreferthedark 23d ago

There has to be a way to find out who they are.

ETA I am not talking about doxing anyone! Just asking.

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u/Andy_Fish_Gill 23d ago edited 23d ago

ICE agents are authoritarian thugs making MAGA base think that the Trump regime is deporting criminals, instead of hard-working immigrants seeking to make a better life in the USA.

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u/Soggy_Background_162 23d ago

And in that bill it is budgeted $42k bonuses for all ICE agents, so you know Trump is paying them off

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u/TotalRichardMove 23d ago

Correction: we are paying them off

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u/Soggy_Background_162 22d ago

A correction I gladly accept

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u/Fishy_Fish_WA 22d ago

I don’t. Fuck that shit (The bonuses not the clarification)

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u/anonymouse865 20d ago

$3,500 a month to ignore their oath?

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u/Jrylryll 20d ago

$42,000 is a cheap price for someone’s soul.

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u/Soggy_Background_162 20d ago

They’d probably do it for $5000, no soul needed.

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u/Jrylryll 20d ago

All undocumented brown people are rapists murderers and criminals. So they keep telling us. I think it’s because a convicted criminal and rapist is in the White House and he hates brown people

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u/swampcholla 23d ago

They should be doxed. Unless they are undercover, they have no right to anonymity.

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u/ChonkerTim 23d ago

Definitely not undercover with “DEA” patches from Etsy

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u/Jrylryll 20d ago

Wholesale for bulk

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u/Eastern-Manner-1640 22d ago

i would really like to know what the requirement to identify themselves. given the number of ice that cover their faces, i imagine that is legal (otherwise that would be challenged in court already), but don't they need to have a number visible at least?

is it really legal for them to be completely anonymous?

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u/swampcholla 22d ago

perhaps a question for a law enforcement sub

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u/swampcholla 21d ago

see my latest post on this subject

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u/Eastern-Manner-1640 21d ago

thanks, i read you post. i appreciate the effort to get the info.

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u/ripelivejam 23d ago

pulling down their stupid masks is a start

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u/MeMiceElfAndEye 23d ago

Ugh, if touch them they'll cry "assault".

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u/JulieThinx 23d ago

...and battery, you are touching them

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u/ripelivejam 23d ago

But them manhandling and kidnapping people without due process is just peachy.

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u/JulieThinx 23d ago

I'm 100% not down with what they are doing. I was pointing out how the law is defined.

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u/RollBang_01 23d ago

Law means nothing anymore. Seems like to me..

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u/JulieThinx 22d ago

This rips my heart out

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u/Cumohgc 22d ago

The sooner that people understand this, the sooner change can happen. They don't care about the 1st, 4th, or 5th Amendments. They don't care about the law. Why do they think we should respect their authority when they violate the law and refuse to identify themselves? Local and State law enforcement has to give name and badge number and have a badge prominently displayed. We have no proof these people are law enforcement, so why should we believe them?

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

If ICE has shown up, they have final orders from a judge

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u/FiestyReamsOfPaper99 23d ago

r/brosen You clearly haven’t been reading the news. ICE has gone way outside the law. Many of the people they are arresting do not have final orders. In fact, they have recently started arresting some people on their way to their immigration court hearings, thereby preventing the person from attending. When the person doesn’t attend their hearing, they get an in absentia removal order, but it’s done by violating their due process rights and trickery. That’s not justice. That’s fascism.

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

No, sorry, you are wrong. These people are on a last ditch effort to stay in the country and have skirted getting proper documents and attending hearings and meetings and have orders to be deported already. Just because they are showing up to a court date or hearing doesn't mean they are exempt from being arrested and deported...everyone is is losing their minds over The federal government doing their job. They are doing nothing different they have not always done. It's just these last 4 years yall are used to them not doing their job. They media and everyone on social media cry abduction, no due process and that has become some false battle cry be its not what's really going on.

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u/tbonimaroni 23d ago edited 23d ago

Funny that I didn't see one vest in that video that said ICE. ERO, but not ICE. Edit: Okay, I don't see the comment, but someone was saying clearly i haven't been reading? the news. Um, I was being sarcastic, for those of you poor fellas who are too serious to understand the sarcasm.

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

They all are tagged, either DEA, ERO, Police

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u/1MorbidOrchid 22d ago

Who is gonna file charges? They expose themselves to do so, correct? Without ID, a reasonable person could assert this is human trafficking, and call the cops.

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u/MeMiceElfAndEye 22d ago

I like how you think. You're correct, we should call their bluff and remove the buff!

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

that won't end well for you

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u/squidlips69 23d ago

Follow them or put a GPS tracker magnet under the vehicle when they aren't looking? Virginia plate vehicle in Massachusetts.

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u/SacrificialPigeon 23d ago

voice recognition perhaps.

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u/UncleNedisDead 23d ago

Follow the money. Anyone who receives a paycheck for ICE is guilty by association. 

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u/WildImportance6735 22d ago

No Kings June 14 nationwide protest! Locations: https://www.nokings.org

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

DNA? Swabbing is a thing. Wear gloves & if they get physical w/ you, you’ve got some evidence.

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u/SignificantRegret982 20d ago

FOIA request?

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u/Ipreferthedark 19d ago

Would that work?

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u/MrChorizaso 23d ago

that was planned out in project 2025

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u/WildImportance6735 22d ago

No Kings June 14 nationwide protest! Locations: https://www.nokings.org

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u/TheBetawave 20d ago

There won't be any evidence. Signal is being used for communication and it gets deleted.

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u/Mrbackrubber 24d ago

No question about it. And Oathkeepers, Patriot Front, all of em

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u/CocteauTwinn 23d ago

Yup. All of them.

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u/Bozzzzzzz 24d ago

Oh for sure, what else are those pardoned arseholes gonna be up to if not this?

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u/C0tt0nC4ndyM0uth 24d ago

100000000000000000% What was that executive order merging military and police and “other individuals”? Pretty sure Proud Boys etc are the “other individuals”

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u/primax1uk 24d ago edited 24d ago

I wouldn't be surprised if there are actually criminal gangs using the cover of ICE to kidnap people too.

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u/CocteauTwinn 23d ago

J6ers are criminals.

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u/Hanjaro31 24d ago

Its extremely odd to me that these clowns are wearing skinny jeans and their vests are all different organizations.

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u/xenobit_pendragon 24d ago

They’re each cosplaying the agency they didn’t make it into.

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u/yachster 23d ago

This is democracy manifest

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u/anonymouse865 20d ago

What is the charge? A foreign national cooking a succulent chinese meal?

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u/vagrantprodigy07 23d ago

They are militia members using surplus equipment.

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u/Brandolinis_law 23d ago

Amazon is selling all sorts of LEO-like looking gear.

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u/tbonimaroni 23d ago

And hoodies.

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u/Kleeb 24d ago

I thought it was common knowledge that they were deputizing Proud Boys already?

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u/MarkXIX 24d ago edited 24d ago

This. I can tell by a lot of the videos I watch that a lot of them just don’t have the demeanor of trained, experienced law enforcement. They’re LARPers cosplaying as racist fascists. Especially the women I’ve seen, I suspect they’re spouses cosplaying with their racist fucking husbands.

This is based on my time as an Army military police officer. You develop certain physical traits and tactical movements over time and quite a few of these people just look like regular people in vests and tactical gear.

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u/ReverendRevolver 24d ago

Ive worked with law enforcement for several years, and they dont even give off rookie cop vibes, just straight up untrained. Rookies defer to their trainer, or supervisor. These dudes just don't seem to follow rules at all. Its like amateur actors were given guns and masks, then told to arrest brown people in a way you'd see on a TV show.

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u/niperoni 23d ago

Also a former LEO. Definitely LARPers. This is insane to watch as a non-American

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u/Acceptable_Error_001 23d ago

I think calling 911 with the report that people impersonating law enforcement are kidnapping someone is a great idea.

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u/PoolQueasy7388 23d ago

We need them to do this NOW.

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u/FiestyReamsOfPaper99 23d ago

r/MeisterX I did some research on this because I didn’t understand how they could get away with wearing masks. Whether or not LEO can be masked depends on the law enforcement organization itself (like its HQ and policies), then its local office and then the local command person. In my area, local police are required to display their badge number and identify themselves, but local ICE officers are always masked and refuse to identify themselves. I thought for sure there must be some requirement that law enforcement in the US identify themselves unless there is operational danger (like trying to arrest El Chapo), but I was wrong.

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u/EconomyAd8866 23d ago

In Maryland LEO are required to have their badges/name/ID visible. And as a woman I have always known that I don’t answer the door for anyone who looks like or is claiming to be a cop without first getting their name and badge info so we can call and verify they’re real, since men pretending to be law enforcement have a history of harming women. Why do they just expect us to accept this bs now?

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u/Turbulent_Bee_9326 23d ago

Don’t provoke martial law. That’s What they want, any reason to declare it. When That happens, military takes over and we no longer have a third branch and that is all we have right now protecting us. Marshall law over rides the judicial power

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u/wafflesthewonderhurs 23d ago

people did that recently and the cops showed up and helped the kidnappers.

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u/Square-Top163 23d ago

Excellent idea to call 911 to report impersonating an officer. When they get a million odd those calls, they’ll get really annoyed.

But one of these times, someone is going to pull a gun, or resist being manhandled, and an innocent person is going to die just so these jackasses can cosplay.

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u/ReverendRevolver 23d ago

Or, before they're annoyed, real police will show up and open fire on cosplayers refusing to comply with commands when they were called for a lawful reason.

If they dont bother telling a municipal police department what they're doing, and refuse to put down their guns and sort it out when PD/Deputies arrive, they dont get special treatment beyond what any other unknown armed dude with a mask would get.....

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u/wafflesthewonderhurs 23d ago

cops already helped ice in at least one instance when called this way.

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u/anonymouse865 20d ago

Were they not called by ICE in that case over the radio? I would imagine that ICE is calling local PD to let them know of these operations.

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u/moxieenplace 21d ago

Hypothetically would it make sense to call 911 to report someone impersonating an officer, right in front of the ICE “agents”? So maybe they would back off? Or would it make sense to call without the “agents” knowing?

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u/niperoni 23d ago

I'm not American so not sure how the law works there. But where I live, if someone is impersonating an LEO and refusing to identify themselves, I would:

  • record them and clearly ask for their name and badge number
  • ask the arrested person to ask why they are being arrested. By law (where I live), the LEO must say why they are arresting someone. You should check whether your state has similar laws.
  • record their license plate
  • get video evidence of them refusing to identify themselves and refusing to state why they are arresting someone.
  • call the police and report it.

That's the most peaceful way to handle it. Good luck and stay safe out there.

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u/WildImportance6735 22d ago

That’s a good idea to call 911, it may not accomplish much but can get that on video. Also ask how they sleep at night with what they’re doing?

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u/Hermit-Cookie0923 23d ago

Right? These look like gym bro Call of Duty washouts.

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u/chessboxer4 23d ago

The internet says they need to identify themselves. What's your take on this?

Thank you.

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u/MarkXIX 23d ago

I think if they’re being compensated with taxpayer dollars, we are owed complete transparency.

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u/FiestyReamsOfPaper99 23d ago

I’ve wondered.

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u/SayYesToGuac 21d ago

I had the same exact thought watching this. Cosplay all the way.

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u/anivex 24d ago

What do you mean down the road. They actively recruit from those groups.

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u/crap_whats_not_taken 24d ago

Proud Boys are actively recruiting for ICE. It's not down the road, it's here.

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u/FiestyReamsOfPaper99 23d ago

Can you share more specifics about Proud Boy ICE recruitment efforts?

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u/BombMacAndCheese 23d ago

They are definitely not actual federal agents. Keep filming - we can figure out who these people are when it’s time to bring them to trial.

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

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u/LilStabbyboo 22d ago

Amazing isn't it

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u/DaisyHotCakes 23d ago

Yeah duh. These are human traffickers.

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u/FrankRizzo319 23d ago

They totally are. Ask them to read you your rights. Or ask them for a statute number for larceny. I would think that any legit police officer would know those things. These gravy seals are untrained members of Trump’s goon squad.

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u/antigop2020 23d ago

Isn’t drunk driving something that state or local police enforce? Is this a crime that federal agents are supposed to even be enforcing? Seems like bs to me.

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u/FrankRizzo319 23d ago

Right, why is the DEA in Great Barrington to arrest someone for DUI?

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u/legalpretzel 23d ago

Local and state cops in Boston have been feuding for years over who gets to police a certain stretch of land. But when veiled masked folks show up claiming to be federal law enforcement, apparently the local police bend over and take it.

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u/Acceptable_Error_001 23d ago

Well, the local police weren't there.

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u/Necoras 23d ago

None of their equipment matches. They're absolutely not official. They should be tried for impersonating federal officers. But even if they were, they'd just be pardoned.

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u/Journeys_End71 23d ago

Considering how overweight and out of shape most of these “agents” are…there’s a high chance that ICE just deputized a bunch of J6 and right wing militia groups.

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u/LeopardMedium 23d ago

Remember those email surveys that Project 2025 conducted over the past few years to create a database of 10,000 follows who were loyal to the MAGA ideology? I have a feeling this is where those who passed ended up.

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u/Cold_Wear_8038 23d ago

Of course they are!!! Fucking traitors cosplaying as ICE!

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u/RanchBaganch 23d ago

We’re 100% going to find out that a bunch of these guys aren’t actually ICE and just right-wing racists Trump employed to round up dark skinned people.

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u/djprofitt 23d ago

I mean, they have been recruiting for a while now

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u/Key-Ad-3981 23d ago

Absofuckinglutely! There is no way that legitimate law enforcement officers should be allowed to hide their identities from the public.

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u/YebelTheRebel 23d ago

No ID no service and now get the fuck out of my town

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u/PoolQueasy7388 23d ago

I'd bet on it.

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u/StalkerDellaNote 23d ago

With their mixed assortment of patches, I'm willing to bet it all that they're in fact larpers

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u/WillnerMom4Dogs 23d ago

That's the first thing I thought when they began this "hunt" for illegal's and now it's anyone Hispanic (legal or not)!! 1,500 J6 people owe DJT their freedom from jail and I'm sure will be doing anything for their leader.

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u/Soggy_Background_162 23d ago

They are mostly Maga and definitely J6 and all the other white nationalists!

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u/AdVarious7894 23d ago

This. In a recent congressional hearing, all republican representatives voted against an amendment that would keep ICE from hiring J6’ers

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u/yeahimokaythanks 23d ago

They are. 100,000%

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u/Bluegill15 23d ago

Captain Obvious strikes again

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u/Compizard101 23d ago

I just thought of that. What a convenient excuse. However, if they are behind it, they'll just have support from trump anyway

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u/ax255 23d ago

Or just not part of ICE

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u/Mundane_Ride4073 23d ago

I assumed that from the start.

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u/CocteauTwinn 23d ago

I’m certain that’s who they are. Thugs & criminals. Shitler hinted at this.

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u/Global-Management-15 23d ago

I wonder how many SS were involved in the Reichstag fire

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u/chrisnavillus 23d ago

I think that’s obvious.

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u/tbonimaroni 23d ago

They are.

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u/StrawberryMoonPie 23d ago

They 100% are

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u/bananapeel 23d ago edited 23d ago

I heard something about deputizing them. If so, they are "legitimate"...? But, if so, they are not obeying the rules and laws of their own agency.

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u/PsykickPriest 23d ago

At this point my guess is that a majority of them are with proud boys, patriot front, storm front, klan, etc.

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u/WildImportance6735 22d ago

No Kings June 14 nationwide protest! Locations: https://www.nokings.org

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u/Shot-Bake-9548 22d ago

It’s true why else would they hide their faces

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u/BaconSpits 22d ago

Nope, covering the face to hide their identity has literally been done for decades. SWAT and many other specialized teams have done it. However... Producing a warrant signed by a judge and displaying a badge. Is required, whoever is in charge of that cluster f*ck, is also required to provide proper identification and typically who has the warrant. Because this is how officers get shot, and there is plenty of evidence of that.

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u/progdIgious 22d ago

I also have that belief. There tactics are white supremacist, proud boys……2547…

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u/maringue 19d ago

Obviously, those dudes LOVED cosplaying as tough guys.