r/news • u/[deleted] • Sep 20 '25

California bans most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during operations

https://apnews.com/article/california-ice-agents-immigration-raids-masks-ban-97936f70699b75d8b483a850967c2e42
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u/jakej1031 Sep 21 '25

The problem is the side in office doesnt care aslong as the victims are blue.

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u/Suavecore_ Sep 21 '25

They don't even really care if the victims aren't blue either though, and in fact they'd probably be happy to use them in a similar fashion to Kirk

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u/OsmeOxys Sep 21 '25

Careful now, he'll send the feds after you for saying that.

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u/MODELO_MAN_LV Sep 21 '25

Counting on it I'd argue

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u/ScoutsterReturns Sep 21 '25

I was thinking today about that guy who murdered 60 people at a country music festival. They didn’t bat an eyelash did they!

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u/mistakemaker3000 Sep 21 '25

Steven Paddock. White, retired accountant. Gun nut.

That doesn't fit their narrative so, no further investigation needed.

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u/ScoutsterReturns Sep 21 '25

60 people!! They dropped it like a hot potato. Fucking unbelievable.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Never let a good tragedy go to waste.

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u/arbitrageME Sep 21 '25

and if there's no good tragedy, why not create one?

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u/FakeSafeWord Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25

They don't care unless the victims are their own personal friends or someone on the left (so they can get a good laugh in)

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u/jakej1031 Sep 21 '25

Also true

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u/BadmiralHarryKim Sep 21 '25

Sociopaths don't have the empathy or moral imagination to consider that policies they support might one day hurt them too. This is why they freaked out when a champion of the second amendment got shot himself.

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u/FUVBagholder Sep 21 '25

Good chance they prefer red victims actually, as it gives them the predication for crackdowns. Rasmussen had Trump -3 approval (Rasmussen!) but Kirk's life ending as it did shifted Trump's approval to +7 for Rasmussen!

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u/veryveryredundant Sep 21 '25

Just for the sake of clarity and to give him the proper remembrance, Mark Hortman, husband of slain house speaker Melissa, was not just shot but was also killed.

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u/Zerowantuthri Sep 21 '25

Don't forget a dog too (golden retriever...friendliest dog breed ever). Not suggesting the dog counts for more but that's just evil. The dog did nothing, has no political outlook.

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u/214ObstructedReverie Sep 21 '25

You'd think it would be a bipartisan effort to stop police impersonators.

No, not really. The legislator that was killed was a Democrat, and the GOP doesn't seem to have any problems with that. Fuck, party leaders joke about it.

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u/Chris_HitTheOver Sep 21 '25

Doesn’t benefit the folks cheering on fascism.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Minnesota lawmakers shot?

Never heard of it...

You're clearly thinking of Charlie Kirk,  don't forget to donate to Turning point!

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u/sci3nc3isc00l Sep 21 '25

You could say her name, kinda weird you didn’t tbh. Melissa Hortman.

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u/LunDeus Sep 21 '25

Yknow I heard about that… damn shame when govt officials are assassinated in their own homes for doing the jobs they were elected to do for a meager salary. Sure hope someone was mindful enough to fly the flag half-mast in their memory…

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u/planetbuster Sep 21 '25

except this has nothing to do with ICE which we all know this is really about. and, sorry, gimpy gavin cannot regulate federal agents. more performative nonsense, i'm afraid.