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		fknorangesite 18 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California bans masks meant to hide law enforcemen... How a I supposed to know that the masked person hauling off my neighbour is, in fact, actual law enforcement? How can I be sure they will ever even see that courtroom? Did I just witness an arrest or a kidnapping? Who knows! And when the police become secret police, is there a difference?

pandaman 18 days ago [–]

Call the police and report? It's not like you know every LEO by face and only masks prevent you from identifying them.

fknorangesite 18 days ago | [–]

Awesome now they know who I am, too.

This your first encounter with a chilling effect?

pandaman 17 days ago | | [–]

No, I've been observing hysterical redditors on this site since January.

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