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kentuck

(115,143 posts)
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 09:31 PM Monday

Take off the damn masks!!

Or stop calling yourselves "law enforcement". There are city police, county deputies, county sheriffs, state police,law enforcement all over this country, and none of them feel they have to be anonymous and wear a mask. This is not El Salvador, at least, not yet. And please do not compare it to wearing masks during a pandemic.

It is un-American. Anybody that calls themselves "law enforcement" should not be ashamed to show their faces. They work for the public. We pay your damn salaries!

Take off your damn masks!

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3catwoman3

(28,641 posts)
2. "And please do not compare it to wearing masks during a pandemic."
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 09:37 PM
Monday

I'm willing to bet that most of these thugs scoffed at wearing medical masks during the pandemic, and refused to wear them.

Sparkly

(24,841 posts)
4. They're askeered!!
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 09:57 PM
Monday

Every little thing makes them fear for their lives, which is why they can shoot unarmed, unmasked citizens if they're "disrespectful " about obeying commands.



Cowards.

hamsterjill

(17,088 posts)
5. The very definition of "law enforcement" requires
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 10:12 PM
Monday

A badge, an uncovered face, and a badge number given if asked for it to be given. Minimum.

These goons have none of that, so they are NOT law enforcement. They are dangerous thugs.

FuzzyRabbit

(2,200 posts)
6. Secret police
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 10:14 PM
Monday

They wear masks to keep their identities secret. That makes them un-American secret police.

They would be right at home in East Germany, the USSR, or Nazi Germany. They know they are the bad guys.

Wonder Why

(6,563 posts)
10. THere are lots of countries with dictatorships or with powerful police-killing drug cartels or
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 10:41 PM
Monday

terrorists where the police wear masks but we have no powerful drug cartels or terrorist killers but we do have more and more of a dictatorship and terrorist ICE.

AdamGG

(1,866 posts)
16. They're "The Secret Policeman's No Balls..."
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 11:53 PM
Monday

...as opposed to the great benefit concert album with a slightly different name.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,883 posts)
7. Proves the anti-mask shit by republicans during the covid pandemic was a crock (as we knew it was).
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 10:14 PM
Monday

Initech

(107,533 posts)
11. Funny that they suddenly care about wearing masks because they don't want to get doxxed.
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 10:43 PM
Monday

That means they are doing some fucking illegal shit.

ybbor

(1,716 posts)
12. Hear! Hear!
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 11:13 PM
Monday

Cowards! If they’re so sure what they’re doing is essential, why do they need to hide? Because it’s not! Same reason the KKK wore hoods.

timms139

(487 posts)
13. According to Republican Maga during
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 11:33 PM
Monday

covid these ICE thugs will die soon. They said then that wearing a mask would kill you over time so hopefully these ICE masked goons will soon be sick and disabled.

returnee

(831 posts)
18. Shame or no shame...
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 02:12 PM
Yesterday

…if you want the job take off the mask.

I’m curious: has anyone seen unmasked ICErs when engaging the public? Are they obliged by some perverse protocol to wear them?

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