How does this post even make sense in this community? literally written in the sidebar:
The police problem is that police are policed by the police. Cops are accountable only to other cops, which is no accountability at all.
I've been wondering how does stand your ground work with a force of people not identifiable with guns. There is no way to know if someone is an ICE agent or an impersonator. It doesn't help the police literally just feel for one themselves with the recent murder.
Its quite simple
you = 2 if color == "white" else 0
masked_gunman = 100 if job == "cop" else 1
if you > masked_gunman :
print("The justice system works!")
else:
print("Life without parole")
You ever notice how they stand with their hands covering their badges and name plates?
domestic terrorism
If one of the possible answers to your question is "yes, I am indeed armed, and committing a felony by impersonating a law enforcement officer", you should reconsider your most recent life choices. In particular, asking them that question.
Observe from a safe distance, and call 911. What on earth do you hope to gain by going up to them for a chat?
excuuuuuuuse me. Are you actually taking people hostages? Or is this some kind of publicity stunt? Hellooo?! Are you really shooting at me? That's just, like, so rude.
These sort of tactics might work if you're with a large group in a public space, if you're one person then it might not be the best idea. Honestly a lot of this stuff is highly context dependent.
One would assume you are not alone when you do this. Confrontation in public is not just important but demonstrably working. We have seen plenty of communities scare off ICE.
You are far more likely to be dealing with ICE than someone impersonating them. Acting like you're the next potential target for a political assassin is a bit weird.
Always be safe, always be careful, but the fact is if you're out at a protest or live in a community with a substantial immigrant population, you are likely to encounter ICE/the police.
Username checks out
Seems some folks never really wiped the Reddit off their dirty shoes
That phrase is much older than The Bad Site. I first used it in mIRC in the '90s
Good for you? The point is you’re being an ass. If you want to have a discussion like an adult I’m all ears but if you’re going to be flippant, I’m going to be flippant back.
What did the ants do to you two? Stop flipping my ants.
I'm generally an ass to class traitors. Your first comment of this thread. reeks of class traitorism
What are you talking about? How could you possibly come to that conclusion? You don’t know jack about me. You’re literally telling people to let ICE walk all over them. They respond to loud, public pushback. We have seen this repeatedly.
I have cautioned people to be thoughtful about their actions when opposing the ruling class. I have also told people that if ICE shows to your door, it's best to just consider yourself already cornered and soon to be dead, so fight and kill as many of them as you can.
You're making shit up.
You are far more likely to be dealing with ICE than someone impersonating them. Acting like you're the next potential target for a political assassin is a bit weird.
There's your class traitor apologia.
So unless I tell people to go and kill law enforcement the moment they encounter them, I am a class traitor? I just want to be real clear here about what it is you’re expecting people to do.
Stop telling people to assume that active criminals are law enforcement. If they refuse to identify themselves they aren't law enforcement, and should be immediately detained, or if necessary put down.
The civil servants need to be reminded who their bosses actually are.
So again to be clear: you are openly advocating for killing people because you’re afraid they are either unidentified law-enforcement or somebody posing as one?
If you actually believe this, then how the hell are you actually here to comment? Or is it a tough guy act about something you would “totally do with given the chance”?
I understand it’s cool to cosplay as a cop killer, but you’re actually going to get people killed with your chest pounding, keyboard warrior nonsense.
Have you ever actually interacted with a cop? Have you actually been in a dangerous situation with law-enforcement? Because I have. And you have no clue what you’re talking about
I said detain, and kill only if necessary. ROE must be followed. Arrest these criminals that refuse to identify, and if they resist then meet their violence with the greater violence that a crowd can muster. They are breaking the law. Therefore they aren't law enforcement, and should be treated as such.
If I lose my life because I am sick of their shit, so be it. They are actively killing us every day, so my rhetoric isn't getting anyone killed. It may just wake some of the people up to the fact that the cops are rioting, and threatening to kill us nationwide.
And again you are hearing what you want to hear and changing the meaning of the words I used. That is called lying.
Dial 911 first, and say there's a masked person with a gun. No need to qualify that shit.
My thoughts exactly. You think gestapo is gonna wait patiently while you call 911?
If you don't, you're dead or at least on the ground before you finish that first question.
You don't have to talk to a masked gunman or engage with them in any way to call 911.
If you see masked people with guns, call 911. If they're authorized to be there, there's no harm in calling it in.
I think we're all agreeing. My comment might have been ambiguous.
It would be incredible if we could get through a lawsuit to news stations anytime they make bad assumptions in articles. They continually write "Federal agents detained ..." when they should be writing "A team of unidentified individuals in masks and armor detained ..."
Just as they are always meant to write "The suspect" not "The criminal". Nothing must be assumed in reporting (exceptions allowed if they've contacted ICE headquarters and received a confirmation of them)
The media is the 4th branch, they won’t report on these things until they have to. And even then, they’ll find a way to delegitimize.
Just as they are always meant to write "The suspect" not "The criminal".
For now, anyway. Due process and the presumption of innocence are still holding up, but the fascists are working hard on that one.
If you think a masked unidentified person will answer your question…..
If you think a masked unidentified person will answer your question……
More like from a legal standpoint, you'd have a leg to stand on, you might also spook a fake agent enough to move on to a more willing target.
Assuming they're real agents, I think the real issue is the cop's response:
Like they,are going to give you the time to do this shit.
They are cowards and likely not actual police.
The police problem is that police are policed by the police. Cops are accountable only to other cops, which is no accountability at all.
99.9999% of police brutality, corruption, and misconduct is never investigated, never punished, never makes the news, so it's not on this page.
When cops are caught breaking the law, they're investigated by other cops. Details are kept quiet, the officers' names are withheld from public knowledge, and what info is eventually released is only what police choose to release — often nothing at all.
When police are fired — which is all too rare — they leave with 'law enforcement experience' and can easily find work in another police department nearby. It's called "Wandering Cops."
When police testify under oath, they lie so frequently that cops themselves have a joking term for it: "testilying." Yet it's almost unheard of for police to be punished or prosecuted for perjury.
Cops can and do get away with lawlessness, because cops protect other cops. If they don't, they aren't cops for long.
The legal doctrine of "qualified immunity" renders police officers invulnerable to lawsuits for almost anything they do. In practice, getting past 'qualified immunity' is so unlikely, it makes headlines when it happens.
All this is a path to a police state.
In a free society, police must always be under serious and skeptical public oversight, with non-cops and non-cronies in charge, issuing genuine punishment when warranted.
Police who break the law must be prosecuted like anyone else, promptly fired if guilty, and barred from ever working in law-enforcement again.
That's the solution.
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