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.)
This sounds ominous.
They just need to say the target is antifa and then all the unconstitutional terrorism statutes kick in. Ominous indeed.
I hope the people on that grand jury understand the first amendment well enough not to indict. I hope even the right/republican/maga grand jurors understand that if this is allowed to go through, they’re not safe from it either. Maybe the next president will sic the DOJ on every facebook user that ever posted something containing the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon”.
And in the totally predictable people make use of this moment to settle scores:
This an article in french about a French lady who is 86 years old. According to the article, there is a long love story where she met an American when they were young, broke up, and then years later reconnected finally getting married after their spouses died. Now, after her husband died, one of his kids was fighting her in court, and she was to make an appearance on the 9th of April, and surprise, surprise, ICE shows up on the 1st.
Here is an article in English which has less detailed information.
French government seeking release of 86-year-old French widow detained by ICE : NPR
So if you have an elderly person or child you want to traumatize, call ice
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It’s not huge, but it’s not nothing. Minnesota is making a stand, I hope this is just the beginning. I would say “welcome to the constitutional crisis”, but we’ve been there for a while now.
Also, the reason she missed her required appointment is that the kids had all her mail forwarded to them, and cut off the Internet service to the house. It’s a pretty ugly story.
Ms. Ross-Mahé said in a court filing last month that the older of Mr. Ross’s sons, Gary Ross, had rerouted all mail sent to his father’s home, which caused her to miss an appointment with immigration officials. Because of her citizenship status, Ms. Ross-Mahé said, she was not on her husband’s checking account and did not have access to money to pay for food, clothing or utilities. Her son said the internet, utilities and cable had been turned off at the home.
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She is back in France:
Sorry, once again French link. According to her son, she was shackled both hands and feet. Yes, this 85 year old woman is really that much of a danger that she needs to be restrained in that manner.
Thanks for providing the additional info in English. Yeah, it is ugly, and although it unfortunately has been happening for a long time, there are more reports of people getting work done, and when it gets time to pay calling ICE. All because the mandate of ICE is to imprison people and treat them inhumanely, not actually protect the US or its citizens.
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I came here to post the update that she’s back in France, too. The NYT article doesn’t mention shackles, but it does say
Ms. Ross-Mahé was greeted at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport by her three adult children. She was still dressed in her prison wear — orange shoes, sweatpants and a gray sweater, covered in stains and holes, according to one of her sons. She was in a state of shock, and was physically and spiritually exhausted after the ordeal.
Maybe that’s not worse to travel in than the nightgown she was wearing when they grabbed her. The whole story is an embarrassment to the US, as well as invite being tragic for her and her family. And I’m sure the only uncommon thing about the story is that she had the French embassy on her side.
Again, “every accusation is a confession”. The right accuses immigrants of exploiting the US, while it’s really the US that exploits them.
This should be a hot key for journalists.
Someone suggested changing the name of the agency to Natiomal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which would make its acronum “NICE”. Trump immediately approved, figuring this would screw with the media.
If he goes through with it, I’d suggest that they continue to call it “ICE”.
Or maybe Nominal Organization of Troopers - National Immigrations and Custom Enforcement, or “NOT NICE”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5850705-rename-ice-nice-trump/