Hiding their identity completely undermines accountability.

It's also an extremely glaring public safety risk to normalize people who refuse to identify themselves using force and guns to grab and pull people off the street with nothing more than a "trust me, bro".

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sixothree 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This country was founded on the concepts of checks and balances. And there are no checks "law enforcement".

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tjwebbnorfolk 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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fknorangesite 17 hours ago | parent [-]

How a I supposed to know that the masked person hauling off my neighbour is, in fact, actual law enforcement? How can I be sure they will ever even see that courtroom?

Did I just witness an arrest or a kidnapping? Who knows! And when the police become secret police, is there a difference?

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pandaman 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Call the police and report? It's not like you know every LEO by face and only masks prevent you from identifying them.

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fknorangesite 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Awesome now they know who I am, too.

This your first encounter with a chilling effect?

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pandaman 10 hours ago | parent [-]

No, I've been observing hysterical redditors on this site since January.

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