If you're on the side that had no problem with government agents hiding their identity and utilising force and violence with no justification or accountability, then you're on the side of fascism.
Regardless of the broader justification, I find it staggering hypocrisy that the same people who cried about government overreact and suppression of free speech now wholly embrace exactly that. Law enforcement should be accountable and the fact Republicans in multiple instances are showing they have no issue with unacceptable violence shows once again what ******* hypocrites they are.
Its a difficult situation though isnt it, the hiding of identity makes absolute sense for officer safety, as isnsome of the privaliged rules they work by, due to the highly contentious and dangerous nature, i think the problem comes with human nature...
A lot of these protestors, especially those who spill over into criminal acts, like Democrat lawmakers have encouraged, and waves of social media posters promoting violence, are of course a serious threat to ICE agents, the reaction of those agents are sometimes justified and sometimes not, but where the line is i dont think there is an answer.
It doesnt help when politicians from both sides fight every single incident like its the end of the constitution.
Look at the Kat Abhgazela (probably butchered her name). A social media influemcer turned politician posting videos of being assaulted and trample with edited clips, claiming to be peacefully protesting while video evidence has her in front of ICE cars in a scrum with a crowd damaging property and trying to get to agents.
The problem is, if face coverings and public ID protections are removed from ICE, agents refuse to do the job, its not worth being doxxed and losing your life for 75k per year, and insuspect thats kind of the point.
Who knows what the answer is, but i would hope it would start with the calming of tensions, hysteria and a reset.... which will never happen from either side.
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