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  • AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    If they’re masked and won’t show a badge, they’re kidnappers and anything you do is self defense.

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      1 hour ago

      Sadly our “Supreme Court” has already ruled say law enforcement has no duty to identify themselves nor are they responsible for anyone’s safety other than their own.

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        24 minutes ago

        12 jury members may be easier to convince than 6 conservative hacks that you feared for your life from armed, masked men who wouldn’t identify themselves.

        It seems like we’re getting closer and closer to finding out.

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      15 hours ago

      Devil’s advocate cartels are cartels. If you’re messing up cartel business by arresting and deporting their members that makes you a target of retaliation.

      Ofc that would require them to actually be dealing with the cartel and not just whatever (mostly brown) people who aren’t armed and violent.

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          4 hours ago

          Thats a low hanging obvious retort about removing masks. It isn’t reality because they’re going after others but you have to consider it when making a law to counter them, it is part of what they say they’re doing. So crafting a law which will easily run into that wall means it will ultimately be reduced to inefficacy/removed. Delaying bad stuff is goof but something to actually stop it needs to be different because a delay is not infinite.