Heidi Li Feldman
“WA Senate passes bill barring masked law enforcement” https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-senate-passes-bill-barring-masked-law-enforcement/
The feds will sue if/when state enforces a law like this against them. But every state should pass such a law. The American Civil War II demands legislation like this from every state committed to fighting Republican Fascism.
Heidi Li Feldman
@nazokiyoubinbou ICE allowed to operate without identifying info displayed unless under court order to do otherwise as happened in Chicago. May mask.
Nazo
@heidilifeldman Isn't there sort of already something to this effect? Eg that they *must* properly identify themselves by federal law or something? (Obviously excluding undercover, but ICE is not an undercover agency in the first place...)
australopithecus
@heidilifeldman
Yep, and also, "the feds will sue" is exactly the dynamic we want, because it puts the Nazis on the back foot. Even if the end results were guaranteed to be the same (which they're not), it's still much better to make the Nazis have to sue to wreck things, than it is for the sane folks to have to sue to fix things.
Joe ❌👑
@heidilifeldman California passed a similar law, effective Jan 1, 2026. But the feds have sued and as far as I know it isn't being enforced for now. The LA County sheriff's department said they won't enforce it until the court fights are over.
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