Odd, this is exactly what criminals would do.
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If someone shows up in an unmarked car with no badge and tries to abduct you, why can't you just shoot them?
You can! As much as you can shoot anyone. You're just likely to be severely outgunned and also you'll have to stand trial over it. No idea the odds of winning that case, but the govt largely isn't going after people with money to hire lawyers. Probably get a defense fund donated bigger than Mangione.
Wait, what am I thinking? They will just deport you rather than have a trial and risk a judge declaring their tactics illegal and granting a self-defense claim to resisters.
We had a fellow who shot at the unmarked unidentified police roaming around Minneapolis during the civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd. He was at a gas station if I remember and they beat the shit out of him. It took a while but he won the case and some money.
I think that guy actually shot back when they were driving around firing pepper balls at random people.
I thought it was “rubber” bullets they were firing at people out past curfew. Looks no different than an AR, sounds no different than an AR, how is one to know the difference in the split second when they feel their life is on the line? Answer is: they can’t, if you feel like your life or person is in danger, the sword is the only way.
You're not likely to stand trial over it
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Isn't that "stand your ground"? Or does that only work on black or brown people?
Can't be held accountable if there's no accountability!
Seriously, officers who aren't pulling them over and ticketing/arresting then should be fired or removed imm
they are most likely being told higher up in secret not to.
Yeah this is no different then defunding covid studies / the cdc and claiming covid no longer exists
Take a picture of the VIN! It’s on the windshield at the bottom. Sometimes other places too
What do we do with the VIN?
It’s tied to the title and if it’s a private vehicle will tell you who the owner is. Theoretically.
Do average citizens have access to that information though? I would think it wouldn't show personal information.
Well, consider a Nuremberg Trials situation where these people’s actions are brought to light. You might not be able to do anything immediately, but their actions can always be documented and preserved.
Carfax lets you check some information with a VIN.
So if someone wants to commit crimes, they can get take the plates off an unassuming van and the cops wont touch them? Got it.
Man. Driving around without plates is always sure to raise an eyebrow in most people.
I'm starting to wonder if we need something to mark a part of the vehicle to alert people it is definitely ICE. Something like vital to the vehicle so they can't just remove it. Like a tire. Maybe something you could like quickly toss in front of and behind a tire. Something that will stick in it. Tires are pretty thick so maybe something slightly sharp, but strong. Maybe two pieces of purpose built steel wrapped around each other. Like that "jacks" game with the bouncy ball.
Just paint. Any color. Nail polish works.
That doesn't usually flatten a tire
Ah, sorry. I was thinking of IDing purposes.
A wad of bubblegum with 2 or three nails pushed through it in opposing directions? Maybe a crumbled cardboard roll from a toilet paper instead of gum, not sure… something cheap and fast to produce is the answer, with multiple nails to make sure it sticks.
Only problem with nails is that they can simultaneously clog the hole they create, but it’s a start.
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Caltrop is the word you're looking for.
That sounds dangerous and illegal
Oh oh! I know! If they really want to look ghostly then they could wear white sheets over themselves while arresting people.
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With some kind of pointy hood?
A grand ‘ol wizard’s hat perchance?
Be more ghostlike, you say? I'm sure we can find some people that are willing to facilitate.
Apparently one of them was a good Nazi recently
The link for "Customs and Border Patrol agent" goes to fucking careers dot CBP dot gov. Whatever news outlet that is is doing recruitment advertising in an article about a suicide.
It’s the New York Daily News. Specifically, Nicholas Williams and Rocco Parascandola.
It seems they may write for multiple entities so it’s entirely possible that this was an editor choice and not their own. I don’t know though.
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Get the VIN if you get close enough
And do what with it?
Certainly nothing illegal
Ok but seriously, what are you going to do? Find out who owns it? Check the accident report? This whole "no plates" commotion is pointless. The police don't give a shit. We know that and so far it seems as if nothing will change that.
Check the Carfax
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Noem says she is just doing it to protect the kids on Halloween and keep them safe. Well shouldn't we as good citizens help their kids and go and protect their neighborhoods while they are protecting ours... Seems only fair.
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If you see a vehicle parked without plates please remember to deflate the tires.
Secret Police gonna secret.
Gestapo criminals committing hate crimes
Plate less?? What the actual fuck
Remind me of other times in history when a militarized government agency was allowed to operate in secret with total impunity and how that turned out.
A fat ghost
They are ALL going to disappear like ghosts when the Dem govs finally get off their asses and deputize the scores of ex military and LEO that are NOT in love with Trump. I am shocked Pritzker has not done this yet. I along with many of my retired LEO are chomping at the bit to get rid of these bad apples.
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