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[–] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 87 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Shout out black vans of secret police grabbing civilians off the streets during the 2020 George Floyd Uprisings.

[–] gullible@kbin.social 50 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Did anything ever come of that? It was terrifying.

[–] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, I never heard about it again after that, but I also didn’t go specifically looking, either.

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 9 points 1 year ago

I think I recall reading that some people were held and then let go. Kind of anticlimactic, but I think it was also grounds for lawsuits in some cases.

[–] cobra89@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

Actually yes:

Tucked inside the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 6395), which just became law, is a new requirement for federal military and civilian law enforcement personnel involved in the federal government’s response to a “civil disturbance” to wear visible identification of themselves and the name of the government entity employing them.

https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/new-law-requires-federal-agents-to-identify-themselves-to-protesters

[–] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Probably not, oh well

[–] sapient_cogbag@infosec.pub 20 points 1 year ago

Can't believe I forgot about that....

Too much shut going on. Honestly I hope those people are ok :(