[fzeroracer]

None of what you said matters and here's why.

It doesn't matter who they're arresting and for what reason. They should announce who they are, using marked vehicles and properly arrest them if they have actually committed a crime.

Because otherwise, what's stopping someone from dressing up in military garb and straight up abducting someone? How do you know they're even part of the federal law enforcement and not actually someone taking advantage of the situation to commit crimes as well?

[MengerSponge]

There wasn't much time between channers "joking" about driving into protest crowds and Heather Heyer's murder. These auth-right goons have been "joking" about dropping people out of helicopters for years.

[dfraser992]

Exactly. If the "authorities" had any integrity, they'd be following the "process" and that would give them at least a fig leaf of legitimacy. Not sure why you're getting downvoted, but looking at these growing comments, I think there is a brigade going on to influence the discussion.

[growlix]

Yup. Post got flagged too. I assume because it's "political", but in my experience HN is very interested in civil liberties.