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Re:The Unmarked Federal Agents Occupying Washington, D.C by bitwize on Friday June 05, 2020 @01:23PM (#23431081)
The famous "We don't need no stinking badges" line was spoken by a character who led a band of Mexican bandits posing as Federales.

When bandits become indistinguishable from cops, cops become indistinguishable from bandits.

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Re:The Unmarked Federal Agents Occupying Washington, D.C by csours on Friday June 05, 2020 @01:31PM (#23431232)
Investigator vs Enforcer.

Enforcers should should be clearly identifiable.

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Re:The Unmarked Federal Agents Occupying Washington, D.C by Gibbon1 on Friday June 05, 2020 @02:07PM (#23431746)
That's my thought soldiers not in uniform have no legal protection under the rules of war. They can just be summarily shot for all the law cares.
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Re:The Unmarked Federal Agents Occupying Washington, D.C by jki275 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @09:25AM (#23439020)
That’s absolutely untrue. Unlawful combatants have less rights under the law of war, but no one is allowed to summarily execute them.
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