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Clint Watts on unmarked WH LEO: "This is a no-go in America. Who are these guys?" [View all]
Clint Watts ✔@selectedwisdom
Do we even know if they are law enforcement? This is a no-go in America. Who are these guys? report to? their authority to enforce anything is? what happens if they injure or kill someone? If I'm a citizen, am I required to do anything these people say?
imagine this scenario: 1 of these fully armored folks tells me to move, I don't, i'm in a public space, they tell me again, I ask who they are, they hit me, i hit back, what would nearby police do? would a cop step in and arrest me? on what grounds?
last note on this. This very likely to lead to a bunch of impersonation of law enforcement. Militia type groups, vigilantes dressing up same way, using force without any authority "protecting businesses" and "property" etc. Terrible precedent
2:56 PM - Jun 3, 2020
Do we even know if they are law enforcement? This is a no-go in America. Who are these guys? report to? their authority to enforce anything is? what happens if they injure or kill someone? If I'm a citizen, am I required to do anything these people say?
Garrett Haake ✔@GarrettHaake
Back outside the White House. Today the perimeter has been pushed back another half block. Federal law enforcement of some kind, but they won’t identify themselves, and all insignias and name plates have been removed.
imagine this scenario: 1 of these fully armored folks tells me to move, I don't, i'm in a public space, they tell me again, I ask who they are, they hit me, i hit back, what would nearby police do? would a cop step in and arrest me? on what grounds?
last note on this. This very likely to lead to a bunch of impersonation of law enforcement. Militia type groups, vigilantes dressing up same way, using force without any authority "protecting businesses" and "property" etc. Terrible precedent
2:56 PM - Jun 3, 2020
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...and from Asha Rangappa:
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Asha Rangappa ✔@AshaRangappa_
Exactly. On what basis are people expected to comply with their commands?? They are well within their rights to tell these dudes to take a hike unless and until they identify themselves and prove they are legitimate law enforcement. (and have a defense if they don't).
2:40 PM - Jun 3, 2020
also see:
At WH, Fed LEO won't identify themselves, and all insignias and name plates have been removed
Matthew Miller: "it's like Russia's little green men have taken over the nation's capital."
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