Should LEOs be allowed to wear masks on the job?

[ZZLPHeels]

Protesters are not getting paid by the public to protest. Cops are getting paid by the public to be cops.

Right but certain protesters are committing crimes while wearing masks to conceal their identity. There’s a reason why a lot of places banned mask wearing prior to COVID.

 

[HintonJamesHeel]

Of course they should be able to.

 

[StrangePackage]

Right but certain protesters are committing crimes while wearing masks to conceal their identity. There’s a reason why a lot of places banned mask wearing prior to COVID.

Certain ICE agents are doing the same. Pardon me for wanting my law enforcement to be better than criminals.

 

[nycfan]

As a general matter, I've got no issue with laws restricting right of protesters to be masked up, BTW. Devil's in the details on how any such law is framed, of course.

 

[ZZLPHeels]

Certain ICE agents are doing the same. Pardon me for wanting my law enforcement to be better than criminals.

I’m against masks for both with a few exceptions that I mentioned above.

 

[StrangePackage]

I’m against masks for both with a few exceptions that I mentioned above.

Fair point, and I can see your reasoning.

 

[mpaer]

Of course they should be able to.

Why ?
I can not think of a single "real" police or other Law enforcement group that wears masks

 

[nycfan]

Another example.

 

[dukeman92]

Another example.

Because fuck 'em! That's why!

 

[1moretimeagain]

Another example.

Dodgers not taking any chances with Shohei on a work visa.

 

[finesse]

Dodgers not taking any chances with Shohei on a work visa.

Seems like the ideal client for a 5 million dollar Trump Card.

 

[Milk and Cookies]

I'm actually going to buck the trend and say the masks are acceptable for two reasons. First of all, these guys are people. They don't want to be doxxed by some nuts on reddit. Secondly, some of these guys would want to work undercover at some point. It isn't going to take too much effort to have an AI program do facial recognition on news clips as these guys arrest folks and compare it to that new connect that wants to sell me a bunch of drugs a few years from now. I could probably do it and I'm not that good.

I do think they should be in uniform and there should be some way to identify them such as a name tag or even a number that can be traced back if necessary. I certainly don't like the look of vigilantes arresting people as a matter of course because some agents don't want to wear a uniform. It makes these things look less like a professional law enforcement operation and more like a bunch of bounty hunters.

I don't blame these guys for doing what the elected bosses order them to do. We don't want them to have no accountability and do whatever the heck they want. But I do think they should do the arrests as humanely and professionally as possible.

I’m not sure you know how to buy drugs

 

[superrific]

Seems like the ideal client for a 5 million dollar Trump Card.

Nah, that's for the translator.

 

[finesse]

I’m not sure you know how to buy drugs

Use the Goldilocks approach. You don't want to buy at too low a level and there are levels where it's time just not to be involved.

 

[Calheel]

Another example.

ICE probably doesn't have the budget for parking at Dodger Stadium. Should have taken the bus from Union Station.

 

[HintonJamesHeel]

This is ridiculous. This is America and if they feel like they need a mask, knock yourself out. Same with the protestors.

 

[8992Tiger]

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.

 

[WaynetheDrain]

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.

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.

 

[Bobfripp]

ICE is contemplating a switch from masks as facewear to this, to appease their base ...

 

[donbosco]