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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The article said they questioned the agents. Questioning plain clothes officers is now a criminal offense?! [/quote]

My thought exactly. I watched the video and one of the agents was a middle-aged guy with a long ponytail, kind of scruffy looking, and a loose plaid shirt. No way did he look like an LEO. He looked like a rando off the street. If I saw someone looking like they were being abducted by a random looking person in street clothes, I would try to help as well.[/quote]

The agents provided proper identification to the bailiffs in the courthouse prior to the arrest.

According to Virginia public radio people in the courthouse allegedly noticed an ICE agent sitting in the courtroom and two others outside in the lobby.

“At some point, it became pretty clear that there were three people there that were not normally there, and that something was going to happen, although they never identified themselves,”

According to The Daily Progress the two women who obstructed the agents “appear to be volunteers with the Immigration Rapid Response Hotline, a public service promoted by several civil rights and immigrant support groups. A witness to the Tuesday raid told The Daily Progress that the hotline had been called when the ICE agents were spotted.”

These women were called to intervene in a federal immigration arrest. They knew who these men were. Game over. FAFO.

https://www.vpm.org/news/2025-04-23/albemarle-courthouse-ice-raid-nicholas-reppucci-teodoro-dominguez-rodriguez

https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_e6ce6e4a-4161-476f-8d28-94150a891092.html
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The first story you posted contradicts what you're saying. ICE claimed they provided ID, but an individual from the Public Defender's Office said they didn't. The individual who is "clearly hiding his identity" sounds like the guy who's wearing a balaclava.

“[b]None of us saw any identification, any badges, and no one said they had a warrant, showed a warrant, or identified themselves as law enforcement. And one, as seen in the video, is clearly hiding his identity[/b],” Reppucci said Wednesday morning.[/quote]

The agents identified themselves to the bailiffs who are in charge of security for the courthouse. In the video they identify themselves as officers from Homeland Security while being unlawfully touched and interfered with by activists called to obstruct a federal immigration arrest.[/quote]

We'll see what happens in court. [/quote]

TBH, the two "officers" would not strike anyone as LEO. One had a scruffy ponytail/bun and a baggy pink shirt over jeans, and the other guy was wearing a balaclava and carrying a large backpack with a water bottle in it--hardly serious or imposing figures. I don't care what they said they were--they don't look the part. ICE is pulling all kinds of people into service from other branches of government. There will be more incidences where people that do not look like LEO but claim to be LEO will accost foreigners in public settings and witnesses will be concerned and question their identity. Maybe tell the ponytail guy to cut his hair and look more the part?[/quote]

And, you know, shows badge and warrants and act like LEOs. People are screened in Courthouses for weapons. But outside, like with the girl from Tufts, they are going to get shot at some point— by someone who genuinely thinks they are abducting someone.

I’m a Fed. This administration is tough on us all. But if you can’t behave like a professional while working with the public, it’s time to leave. Or be told to leave. [/quote]

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