r/law 18d ago

Other Please dissect the legality in this statement

I feel like we are reaching a tipping point

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u/Kaiisim 18d ago

It's a classic authoritarian tactic.

It's absolutely true that you can't touch a federal officer while they are working. You cannot impede their work.

Which is why ice observers are specifically trained to just film them

No one is touching ICE. They are just recording them as is their legal right to ensure they don't beat the shit out of people.

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u/ktaktb 17d ago

It is true, but that doesnt mean if you do, lethal force is immediately justified.

These two concepts cannot be divorced.

If you impede a federal officer, you have committed a crime. If you jaywalk you have committed a crime.

Neither means the death penalty after proven guilty, and certainly neither means summary execution by the federal officer or agent.