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WarGamer

(18,346 posts)
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 06:42 PM Feb 5

Of course Federal Agents should wear masks... sometimes.

A group of FBI HRT agents takes down a Drug Kingpin in Miami... a man responsible for a dozen murders...

Who supports the agents being maskless and easily ID'd to the cartels? That'd put their families at risk.

That's nuts.

But in everyday policing? I'll draw the line there. Maybe there needs to be a special permission request when they want or NEED to wear masks. Terrible visuals for a free and democratic nation.

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Of course Federal Agents should wear masks... sometimes. (Original Post) WarGamer Feb 5 OP
ICE doesn't go after drug kingpins yankee87 Feb 5 #1
They've got us debating as if they're normal cops leftstreet Feb 5 #3
Then it wouldn't be a problem to give them that EdmondDantes_ Feb 5 #4
We are negotiating THE WRONG THING LearnedHand Feb 5 #2
hmmmmm, lessee... B.See Feb 5 #5

leftstreet

(39,645 posts)
3. They've got us debating as if they're normal cops
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 07:10 PM
Feb 5

How quickly we've let the narrative slide

Just yesterday they were only Immigration Agents

EdmondDantes_

(1,571 posts)
4. Then it wouldn't be a problem to give them that
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 07:16 PM
Feb 5

But when they have to use flash bangs which is a valid scenario, they would wear masks.

LearnedHand

(5,309 posts)
2. We are negotiating THE WRONG THING
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 07:06 PM
Feb 5

Again. We should be shining a fucking laser on the fact that they ARE NOT POLICE and ARE WAY THE FUCK OUT OF THEIR REMIT to be patrolling protesters. Their hideous cowardly masking is a complete distraction, and as usual Dems have let the offenders set the terms of the debate. JFC.

Edit: My ire is aimed at the Dems in congress, not the OP.

B.See

(8,084 posts)
5. hmmmmm, lessee...
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 07:20 PM
Feb 5

who wears masks to conceal their identities?

police officers? no
national guard? no
soldiers in or out of combat? no
sheriffs and their deputies? no

thieves and bank robbers? yes
ICE??

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