• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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    So she identified them because they were just sitting there not ordering anything? Just curious about her methodology, Im not telling some rando on the street calling me a cunt my name or where I live on video either. Def look like they could be feds though

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      She said they were also awkwardly hanging somewhere else close to that spot for a bit before that as well, then moved there to sit without ordering anything.

      It looks like they were caught doing surveillance. If you just pass by them you wouldn’t notice anything wrong. But if the lady observed them for long enough what she saw was three people in law enforcement-looking attire, awkwardly hanging together in one spot doing nothing other than looking around the and taking notes or communicating with someone, periodically moving together to another spot close by for no apparent reason to do the same. It becomes very obvious if you can observe then for a bit.

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      Ya, I had the same thought but their reaction does scream “guilty”. Definitely some type of law enforcement or investigators, but not necessarily ICE.

      Imagine you’re investigating an actual crime and keep getting called out as ICE lol. I wouldn’t risk my investigation just because someone keeps asking either so it’s hard to say.

      I guess that’s the kind of climate this whole circus has brought about.

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      I had the same thought. There must have been more to the story. It was kinda damning tho that they didn’t really deny they were ICE. That would have been the one thing I definitely would have said if I weren’t ICE lol

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        Is there some rule that they can’t legally lie if they’re asked directly if they’re ICE? That might be why they just chose not to say anything.

        I’ve been in a similar situation where I had a guy come to the restaurant I was working at and sit without ordering or asking for anything and just generally being sketchy pants. After I approached him a couple times, he did identify himself (quietly) as a cop doing surveillance on someone across the street.

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            Thanks

            “It’s something fun to do other than driving around in cars all day,” Officer Stratman said, shortly before taking up position in front of the motel.

            Ugh.

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      I don’t know maybe there were other signs? This video doesn’t really show much of the scene at all ^^

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    Run these Nazi fucks out of your communities. They don’t belong there. They don’t belong in America.