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Subject: Re: California Bill to Prohibit Law Enforcement from Wearing Masks
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 05:42:19 -0500
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On 2025-06-24 01:23:50 +0000, BTR1701 said:

> On Jun 23, 2025 at 5:32:34 PM PDT, "super70s" <super70s@super70s.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-06-23 20:33:04 +0000, BTR1701 said:
>> 
>>> The 'progressive' pols keep saying there's no legitimate reason for ICE
>>> agents
>>> to cover their faces while engaged in deportation operations, but there is
>>> actually a helluva good reason to do so: it preserves their ability to work
>>> undercover in future cases.
>> 
>> When they start working undercover in this tactless and heavy-handed
>> roundup they can have that privilege then.
> 
> They can have the 'privilege' now because agents rotate in and out assignments
> all the time. You can be an assist on another agents immigration today and
> working undercover on your own child exploitation case or human trafficking
> case tomorrow.

You're giving those involved in this ragtag operation too much credit 
-- they appear a bunch of office workers-turned-storm troopers who have 
been filmed brandishing their weapons at innocent bystanders for no 
good reason. Behavior that would get normal law enforcement officers 
fired.