Should LEOs be allowed to wear masks on the job?

[SmilingJack]

No. Just like if you can't do the time don't do the crime.
If you're unwilling to identify yourself then get a different job.

 

[Healing]

Sounds fake. Hope it’s true.

 

[Bobfripp]

No.

Yes.

Excuse me is the five minute
argument or the half hour?

 

[WaynetheDrain]

God, I hope this is real.

 

[1moretimeagain]

God, I hope this is real.

Halfway Post is satire.

 

[4thgenheel]

I don't know about y'all, but I think federal "law enforcement officers" running around in plain clothes and masks, carrying guns and driving black vans is some serious deep state shit.

they look like the fucking proud boys or some similar white supremacist militia. its absurd.

uniforms and badges should be required for shit like this.

 

[1moretimeagain]

The Good Guys?

 

[BlooVooDoo]

Masked thug attire with glitter could make a great Halloween costume.

 

[BlooVooDoo]

God, I hope this is real.

We deserve it to be.

 

[ColdBlueSteel]

Okay, let’s assume that’s true (it’s not). Why are they also in plain clothes with nothing to identify themselves as being ICE?

One of these pricks is going to fuck with the wrong person and get shot. And it will be their own fault.

Masked thug attire with glitter could make a great Halloween costume.

Don’t forget the fat suit underneath

 

[wmheel1287]

There is no rational case for someone working as a law enforcement officer carrying out an arrest in an immigration issue to be anything other than uniformed, clearly identified, and plainly visible to everyone.

 

[tarheelbillie]

I worry people won't care enough about this, but Trump and MAGA's approach to the Afghans who put their lives on the line to help us in that godforsaken war is, in my view, one of the most immoral things this country has done in decades. Trump wanted to leave every single one of those heroes behind, most of them to be tortured and murdered by the Taliban. As rough as the evacuation was, it is to Biden's eternal credit that he was able to get most of our partners out of the country. And now, Trump and his goons are trying to send them back. It's horrific. It's immoral. It's inhuman. I literally cannot believe anyone could support national policy like this.

When a totally immoral president is elected and surrounds himself with a totally immoral and unqualified administration that has sworn to never question him, this what you get. “We” elected the bastard… “we” deserve what we have, “We” knowingly chose evil over good.

 

[roostra]

I have a problem with LEO officers wearing masks, but if they are going to wear masks, they better damn sure have to wear uniforms identifying them as LEO. Masks plus unmarked attire = brown shirts.

 

[Healing]

I have a problem with LEO officers wearing masks, but if they are going to wear masks, they better damn sure have to wear uniforms identifying them as LEO. Masks plus unmarked attire = brown shirts.

I have more respect for brown shirts. At least they terrorized in uniforms and showed their faces.

 

[tarheelbillie]

Not all Afghan refugees brought here were translators and otherwise assisted helping the US in the Afghan war. Many Afghans were simply loaded up and brought here unvetted. We should definitely protect the former but not necessarily the later.

You have a secret source? Do you know one Afghan who has perpetrated a crime? Ready to swear in court to the fact?

 

[farce©]

They mask up to avoid doxing by left wing activists which, of course, puts them and their families at risk. If the left wing immigration activists would all agree to stop that practice, I'm sure the ICE agents would gladly refrain from masking up.

No mention of all the cosplay campus terrorists who mask up and completely cover their face and head during "protests' as they harass and intimidate Jewish students.

Can you give us some examples of ICE agents being doxxed? And if so, when have their families been endangered?

 

[farce©]

Not all Afghan refugees brought here were translators and otherwise assisted helping the US in the Afghan war. Many Afghans were simply loaded up and brought here unvetted. We should definitely protect the former but not necessarily the later.

Can you cite a credible source for this assertion?

 

[Ramrouser]

Okay, let’s assume that’s true (it’s not). Why are they also in plain clothes with nothing to identify themselves as being ICE?

One of these pricks is going to fuck with the wrong person and get shot. And it will be their own fault.

I don't understand that as well. Uniforms should be required unless ICE is conducting an undercover raid.

 

[Ramrouser]

Can you give us some examples of ICE agents being doxxed? And if so, when have their families been endangered?

Do you not read the news? This isn't an obscure assertion on my part.

June 11, 2025 Newsweek

Homeland Security has denounced an "independent media group" which is creating a database of ICE agents and asking people to report officers or collaborators. The Crustian Daily, the group which has created the list said: "The ICE List exists because we believe the people carrying out violent state policy should not be protected by anonymity."

Such a list poses ethical and privacy issues because it risks exposing personal details without consent. It could also make people who work for the government potential targets for attack, and could make it more likely that ICE agents will wear masks at all times during arrests, which in turn might provoke more unrest.

Fox News, in a February 26, 2025 article reported that "anti-ICE activists, who have been interfering with ICE operations in the Los Angeles area in recent days, have now started putting up posters featuring the personal information of ICE and HSI officers." The fliers which are appearing across LA, include pictures of ICE agents, their names, and phone numbers, with the heading "Careful with these Faces."

 

[Peppers49]

I don't understand that as well. Uniforms should be required unless ICE is conducting an undercover raid.

What’s not to understand? They’re a bunch of dickless cowards participating in truly despicable abuses of power. Of course they don’t want to be identifiable.