One of the 1/1000 times I think a lib has a point
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I'm not worried about ICE themselves. It's more about the possibility of people getting kidnapped by pretending to be ICE, which seems really easy to pull off and has apparently happened once already.
yeah, that could happen. I'm still far more worried about getting fucked over by uniformed police - but I'm White and speak English.
If the justification for "good guys can't do a thing because bad guys might also do the thing," well, I have bad news for you. The bad guys will do the thing regardless of what the good guys do.
Then I guess I am kind of worried about ICE because a shooting or stabbing could happen in that situation, and it would be justifiable. I guess it's on them to select targets and execute arrests safely
People can also just go out and buy a police uniform, a pretty convincing badge that would stand up to passing scrutiny, and all the gear they need to look like a cop and kidnap someone. You can get the real thing for around $100 and convincing lookalikes for $25.
This presents a higher danger than impersonating police officers, as someone in a fake police uniform draws attention to yourself, but I can go out in whatever clothes I want and credibly pretend to be an ICE agent.
They have to balance the issues of "I'm already going after criminals who will probably shoot or stab me to try to get away" vs "if my identity is found out then South American drug cartels will torture, rape, and kill my entire family."