“Obviously, a police car with some sort of lights and sirens and a bullhorn where we’ll be announcing ourselves,”

They always announce themselves except when they don't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-knock_warrant

I love that I read your comment, then backed out to the main feed and the very next post is of a pig wearing what is effectively a ski mask

Lies. ACAB.

This is gaslighting at this point. We all see the pigs with masks. We've all seen plainclothes officers in undercover cars make traffic stops.

Breonna Taylor's ghost would like a word.

Seriously, her boyfriend was arrested (but acquitted) for returning fire in their home when police had no lights, no sirens, and no bullhorn.

This officer's advice does not apply anywhere that no-knock warrants can still be obtained.

Stringer noted that real officers do not wear ski masks.

I wonder if this could be cited in court in the case of someone accidentally killing ICE agents, thinking they were robbers or worse.

Everyone is wrong sometimes

lol, all that is bullshit. What a bunch of clowns.

Yes... mistake...

They could always have been ice deputees heading home from work wanting to make a little extra on the side….

BREONNA TAYLOR, member her? Just a raid gone wrong

It's a huge difference. It may not seem different to you and I, but shooting someone who shoots you first is more universally viewed as acceptable self defense than only shooting people claiming to be police in skimasks on your doorstep. The headline buries the lede.

I have a prediction: the more professional and organized members of ICE would actually be foreign agents, causing problems at key points. Say, for example, "vanishing" unfriendly politicians. ICE is the perfect cover: Low recruitment standards, no regulation, bounties for those times you need to get money, and no one able to ask questions.

It would be the chaotic and unprofessional members of ICE that are native to the USA. Those would be just into ICE for the money and racism, not patriotism to their nation. This will become a "Lions Led by Donkeys" episode in a decade or two.

It's so badly organised and chaotic anyway they wouldn't even notice

Detective Stringer makes a well calculated statement about his stance on ICE.

That thingy

Thankfully, tear gas could be bought on Temu

And what you want to say (with an attorney present) is that you used necessary force to eliminate the threat.

"Police said the two men were wearing bulletproof vests and had some sort of badge around their necks."

The Nazis want badges alone to be enough of a signifier, but frankly anyone trying to break into your home without presenting identification and a warrant should be treated as a threat.

ICE agents wear masks more often than not, from what I can tell.

Know your rights!

Maybe this could be a warning sign to those cops that they shouldn't do that, or they might be shot.

Oh, who am I kidding. That just means cops in ski masks will shoot first more often.

Badges and "identification" can be bought at dollar stores.

Nobody is going to be able to check their authenticity in the middle of a firefight, and by the time you let criminals enter your house to show you their "ID", it's already too late.

This is Texas we're talking about. There, people shoot at each other just to say hello some times 🤷

Maybe they were trying to shoot the lock. Akin to smashing car windows and dragging people out, as they've done in LA.

Eh, if it's a standard door in america, a few kicks will stave it in. So they would have open access to the house in just a moment after they ensure there is one less resistor on the inside.

Not 100% true. Though I admit it's rare, but in Texas a man was acquitted after killing a police officer trying to break into his house. Castle-Law absolutely came into play there.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-jury-acquits-man-fatally-shot-off-duty-houston-officer-man-claimed-self-defense

This is the most recent I can find, but it's happened several times in the past as well. It should happen more often, but unfortunately the defender rarely survives.