Washington State just passed a law prohibiting law enforcement from hiding their identity with masks.
ICE is going to be at Parris Island to kidnap parents attending their kids’ graduation from Marine Basic Training.
But remember, it’s Democrats who don’t support the troops. 
So even though Washington state (and others) passed a law banning law enforcement from wearing face masks to hide their identities, it’s not possible for the state to enforce it against federal workers. Fuck.
Legal experts say the answer may be complicated, especially when federal agents are involved.
“If you put it that way, the answer is no,” said Mary Fan, a former federal prosecutor and University of Washington constitutional law professor. “There is a doctrine that comes from the Supremacy Clause… states cannot regulate the federal government.”
The Supremacy Clause establishes that federal law generally takes priority over state law, meaning states may face limits when trying to regulate federal agencies.
Fan says Washington lawmakers attempted to work around that conflict by crafting the law broadly, applying it to all law enforcement, not just federal officers.
But enforcement relies largely on civil lawsuits.
“The idea is, if you are detained by an officer who breaks the new policy against masks, you can sue, theoretically,” Fan said.
In reality, advocates say that may be difficult.
“Unfortunately, what we’ve seen in the past couple of weeks since that law was passed was that nothing has really changed,” said Sandy Restrepo with Colectiva Legal del Pueblo in Burien.
Restrepo says people detained by masked agents often face significant barriers.
“They don’t know who is arresting them, they don’t know the name of the person, and a lot of them don’t have legal assistance,” she said.
When asked how likely it is that someone facing detention would pursue legal action, Restrepo said it’s unlikely.
“I don’t think that it’s very likely, given the legal obstacles people have already obtaining legal counsel,” she said.
Some viewers have contacted KING 5 asking whether the Washington Attorney General’s Office could step in, but under the law, enforcement relies on private legal action, not state enforcement.
Washington is not alone. As of last month, at least 16 other states have proposed similar legislation. In California, a similar law took effect earlier this year, but the federal government filed a lawsuit seeking to block it.
What we need to do is pass that law at the federal level if and when sane people get in charge.
And that’s rather the point of masking your identity. Much the same way bank robbers wear masks when they hold up a teller.
ICE showed up this morning (Good Friday) at the DMV in a small town near me in Western PA.
Apparently they ran to the group of men in line to renew their CDL licenses, tackled and handcuffed them and loaded them on a bus to jail. Never checked any IDs. These were people of color of course.
Someone posted the information on the local Facebook page saying they were embarrassed to live in this area. And all the racist pigs rained down.
I normally never participate in any of these kinds of posts but this time I did. Just a few well placed comments.
Then I shut it down.
I am more than embarrassed.
I have a burning rage.
My god @Ellecram
My Wife and I are white bread as they come. We are also moderate liberal voters. We will be next on the list.
My Wife asked me to teach her how to shoot. That stunned me. (I’ve been shooting since I was 11 yo). So I taught her. She has her own handgun now.
She now has her CCW. I go to class in 2 weeks for mine. Neither of us wants to carry. But would like to be able to if it comes down to it. That’s how fucked up DJT has made this. ICE can disappear anyone they want to.
My wife was once surrounded by a pack of coyotes on a walk, so that is also a concern. I don’t know if the coyotes where republicans. But she may carry when walking in the mountains alone.
Me too. We are next.
Fuck. I’ve now got three handgun safes in my house now (we will keep them safe). Only my wife and I can operate/open them (biometric).
But shit, I used to just keep any guns and ammo away for safety. No way for access for kids or adults in my home. But now I kinda want to be ready for the MAGA assholes when they lose their shit next November.
I’m hoping they will just crawl back under their rocks and die.
I agree. We are next. And they will lose their shit for sure.
But I can’t keep silent anymore.
I never hand a handgun except the one I inherited from my father and sold years ago. But I am strongly considering getting one and taking lessons.
So you are a few steps ahead of me!
Stay vigilant and prepared.
(There are a lot of huge river rocks where I live so maybe they will eventually crawl under them at some point.)