• DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Friendly reminder that it should be 100% illegal for law enforcement to wear masks and hide their identity.

    We pay their salaries and they have ZERO accountability.

    These are domestic terrorists.

  • guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    22 hours ago

    Why have no gun carrying Americans shot these fools yet?

    Just dress the same way they do

    Jeans, some walmart sweaters, shitty face masks and cheap baseball caps.

    Come on America, you’ve got this.

    • KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca
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      19 hours ago

      Come on America, you’ve got this.

      LOL. No they don’t.

      They’ll bend over and take it like they always do.

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        19 hours ago

        I wrote a simple formula for it the other day actually

        def shoot_masked_gunman(color, job):
             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")
        
  • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Call swat on them.

    "Hello police? There are armed masked men waiting next to a black unmarked van eyeballing women as they walk by. I’m afraid when I leave they are going to try to abduct someone.

    No they aren’t law enforcement"

    If they don’t get guns pointed at them then you will make 4 thugs waste most of their day and piss them off.

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        10 hours ago

        Possibly, but some local police do have a policy of only giving ICE exactly the legally required room to operate, and no more.

        Reporting ICE in every time creates opportunities for local law enforcement to catch ICE in any mistake. (Yes, I do realize the irony of this recommenation.)

        ICE probably aren’t great about keeping everyone informed. They appear to, today, keep poor records intentionally.

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    1 day ago

    “You see your honor, they were wearing ski masks, and I’ve been taught by Hollywood that a group of people wearing ski masks in the middle of the day with a black van means they are up to no good. So I took it to my own hands to shoot these motherfuckers down.”

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    1 day ago

    Yea these guys don’t look like law enforcement. They gonna get shot if its my turn cause these look like bad guys just kidnapping fools.

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      1 day ago

      You know what, that probably would stand in court. “I saw some random dudes in masks attempting to kidnap a woman so I intervened.”

      If they wanna look like a some random thug they’ll have to accept thug consequences.

  • FauxPseudo @lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It’s 2025. America. You see these men on the street.

    If you assume they are going to rob a bank dial 911.

    If you assume they are going to lynch someone dial 911.

    If you assume they are going to kidnap someone dial 911.

    If you assume they are law enforcement then get your eyes checked. They aren’t wearing any identifying uniform, no insignia, no badges.

    If you assume they are impersonating law enforcement then dial 911 and get your eyes checked.

    • MisanthropiCynic@lemmy.today
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      Definitely don’t call 911. That just gives them more backup. They look like terrorists in the streets. It’s actually illegal here to wear a mask over your face while demonstrating or armed so they are under stand your ground territory

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          You can only use proportional force to defend yourself under stand your ground laws. If you stab someone that is only using their body parts then you go to jail. Will a jury convict? It will take a year or two to find out.

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            Multiple people is significantly more force than even a knife.

            Proportional force means the force must be proportional to the threat, not to the force the other person is using. If someone threatens death with their hands, you can use deadly force to defend against a deadly threat.

            One would be reasonable in concluding that masked people trying to force you or someone else into a van is an imminent threat of death, great bodily harm or sexual assault.

            You can’t use deadly force to defend against harassment, or theft because that’s disproportionate.