Mike German, an ex-FBI agent, said immigration agents hiding their identities ‘highlights the illegitimacy of actions’
Some wear balaclavas. Some wear neck gators, sunglasses and hats. Some wear masks and casual clothes.
Across the country, armed federal immigration officers have increasingly hidden their identities while carrying out immigration raids, arresting protesters and roughing up prominent Democratic critics.
It’s a trend that has sparked alarm among civil rights and law enforcement experts alike.
Mike German, a former FBI agent, said officers’ widespread use of masks was unprecedented in US law enforcement and a sign of a rapidly eroding democracy. “Masking symbolizes the drift of law enforcement away from democratic controls,” he said.
“I cAnT bReAtHe!!!”
Yes you can, asshole. It’s a slight inconvience, but it’s a far cry from not getting oxygen.
But oh, now that it’s being used to conceil your identity, you’re all fine???
I’m a fat, on-and-off smoker. Once in a while I get it in my head I’m gonna exercise and I start running or something. It usually doesn’t last very long, running sucks.
But the one time it almost stuck was when I decided to do it as sort of a new years resolution when we were getting hit by some crazy polar vortex weather with temperatures hovering just barely above 0°F (about -17°C)
It was great, no matter how hard I tried to run I couldn’t work up a sweat.
That cold, dry air is kind of rough on your lungs though, so I tied a bandana around my face so I could breathe some warmer, moister air.
The bandana got soaked with condensation from my breath, and since it was so cold it pretty much froze solid the second I took it off at the end of my run. Then the condensation in my beard and mustache froze into icicles.
So the best runs of my life were done breathing through 2 layers of wet fabric. Anyone who claims that they can’t breathe through a mask is either full of shit or probably needs to be on a ventilator.