Why is no one asking in good faith why federal law enforcement might feel like they need to take these kinds of actions? Police have been being doxxed for weeks now. "Protestors" show up at the houses of local officials across the country and graffiti, vandalize, and threaten officials. In the case of Mayor Durkin of Seattle, she is a former prosecutor who will always live under the threat of being attacked and killed and these people doxxed her anyways.
Why does no one discuss how the local DA refuses to prosecute and forces the release of people who unilaterally attack police? Be fair and recognize that there are many people who are attempting to gaslight through social media.
A group of people in camo come running up. It doesn’t say POLICE or DHS or SWAT or anything in giant letters on their front, back, or helmet. What are people supposed to do? Ask? They refuse to identify themselves.
Are you going to let yourself be restrained and taken away by people you don’t know?
Impersonation of a law enforcement officer is a huge crime. Because citizens need to know. I would fight tooth n nail any added on “resisting arrest” or “assault of an officer” in these circumstances.
Look at the Breonna Taylor incident. Police executed a no knock warrant close it midnight. Ms. Taylor’s, not knowing what was happening, boyfriend opened fire. Police returned fire. She got killed. The boyfriend is charge with crimes against the police. Worse is the fact the cops were at the wrong house.
This invalidates any good point you're trying to make. Law enforcement is so much more powerful than random black block protestors.
Who gives a shit that they 'feel' like they 'need' to take these kinds of actions.
Taking these kinds of actions is /incredibly/ dangerous to a functional democracy, and unless we're talking about a bunch of black block people actively killing people and blowing up buildings, or whatever, it's /way/ more dangerous.
And this is why no knock warrants are a scourge to society. Someone smashes your door down while you’re asleep, you respond with extreme prejudice. And don’t say “well you shouldn’t have been doing something bad” because I’ll point out Breonna Taylor where the cops no knocked the wrong door, so of course the boyfriend assumed someone was breaking in.
Patches that ID their department and have personally identifiable information.
The main difference is they are using multicam instead of black for the color. And the location of the id informatikn is on a shoulder instead of their breast (given plate carriers)
Sure they are using rentals/unmarked cars but they arent disappearing these people or denying them attorneys or violating habeas corpus
Heres an example
http://www.efreenews.com/storage/posts/July2020/0b57937515a7...
That said, what is and isn't a crime, and the punishment doled out for crimes (like resisting arrest when you are unsure they are police) is worth criticism. I don't think these protestors necessarily deserve felonies. But I haven't really seen people criticizing this; they seem more shocked that officers can enforce law with arrests and riot control.
If the officer’s can’t handle extra attention caused by blatantly identifying themselves as officers, they should pick a new profession. Because what they are doing now is just escalating an already bad situation.