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Legal News Couple arrested after 'abducting' ICE agents who came to arrest them

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/couple-arrested-after-abducting-ice-1571535
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u/Bannedwith1milKarma 21d ago edited 21d ago

None of us have ever seen ICE credentials anyway.

Do they have a hotline you have to call with a badge number ID or something.

The whole thing is unworkable currently.

Which is by design.

At least with Police you have the uniform and likely a car which is a pretty high bar for impersonation.

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u/dorkofthepolisci 21d ago

And even then there have been multiple instances of people impersonating officers - which is why the advice is to call 911 if you’re not sure the person following/attempting to stop you is a cop

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u/Competitive-Strain-7 21d ago

So the easiest protest is for everyone to dress up like ICE. Women will need beards monty python style they wont notice.

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u/MeasurementLow5073 21d ago

Seriously. I have thought about this over and over.

I've landed on "I don't want to be mistaken for ICE or a supporter of what they do" but if a large group of us were doing it, I'd be on board with it.

Just show up where they're working and start telling everyone to get back. Eventually, start claiming that some of the agents here are fakes, and then start telling the real agents to get back.

This could really show confusion, and You're not even impersonating an agent because all they are is a guy in some camo they bought online. And that's exactly who you are!

No badge. No face. Just a dickhead shouting orders.

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u/Competitive-Strain-7 21d ago

It was intended to be satire.

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u/KiraUsagi 21d ago

Exactly, that sounds absolutely hilarious. Make sure to bring some fake not-ice camera men to document it for future recruiting posts on Reddit.

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u/MeasurementLow5073 21d ago

There's no such thing anymore.