Badges? Warrants? We Don't Need No Stinking Badges or Warrants!

[MineralMan]

And there you have it. Until there is someone or some organization that can insist on badges and warrants, we have no freaking idea who those masked men are, nor what their authority is based on. They might as well be mercenary soldiers in a dictatorship.

Hmm....

[SSJVegeta]

1. They are probably 1099 contractors with pokemon go apps but for real people

They see it like a game. As long as they can shove the person in the car and escape the police in time, they will be fine.

[sop]

2. Local cops aren't exactly rushing in to "protect and serve" the people in their communities, are they?

[MineralMan]

3. That's true in most places, but not in all.

The problem is that the "federales" are leaving if challenged. They just move on to some place that doesn't challenge them.