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by bendbro 2159 days ago
And the red square is federal property that is the jurisdiction of federal officers. Protestors broke into and set fire to the adjacent courthouse, in addition to vandalizing and looting nearby buildings, so federal officers were sent to defend the federal courthouse. It is legal to make an arrest with an unmarked vehicle. It is legal to make an arrest of someone damaging property in your jurisdiction. So what exactly is illegal here that makes it an overreach?
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Sending in unidentifiable and unmarked officers who refuse to identify themselves, to take away seemingly randomly selected protestors to undisclosed locations, is a clear authoritarian show of force and scare tactic, worthy of a military dictatorship.

How will you know whether you're being taken by federal officers or a far-right militia? That is a deliberate tactic, to have people live in fear of an unknown fate at the hands of unknown assailants.