• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      3 hours ago

      Every officer has a badge number that uniquely identifies then, and they are legally required to provide that information. When filing a complaint or a lawsuit, you’ll provide their name and badge number. If they refuse, you provide as much information as you can (area, time of day, type of vehicle, vehicle number, other officers and badge numbers involved, etc) so they can track the officer down.

      I don’t know how ICE works specifically, but many police departments require their officers to carry business cards with that information and hand them out upon request.

      Civilians have a right to verify that the people involved are actually officers and have a right to identify individual offices to report misconduct.

      I don’t care if officers wear masks, I only care that they can be uniquely identified.

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        59 minutes ago

        Have you ever seen an example of an ICE agent sharing a badge number on video from this year?

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          15 minutes ago

          Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

          Have you seen an instance where a citizen or legal immigrant calmly asked for name and badge number and was refused?