Why are these federal agents wearing face coverings? Is that policy now?

[riversedge]

I have no idea if it or not.


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Molly Ploofkins
@Mollyploofkins
Why are these federal agents wearing face coverings? Is that policy now?

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[kelly1mm]

1. Bird flu/covid concerns? I see peope wearing masks all the time in the DMV area. nt

[live love laugh]

2. Are they even official federal agents?

[SheltieLover]

5. Good question!

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. It makes them harder to identify in a lineup. nt

[SheltieLover]

4. Absolutely!

[woodsprite]

6. Because the white pointy hats and robes get dirty too quickly. nt

[J_William_Ryan]

7. "Is that policy now?"

Clearly it’s the policy now to behave like fascist brown shirted thugs.

The brutality and cruelty exhibited by Federal immigration agents is shocking, but not surprising – they’ve been given license by Trump to conduct themselves like organized criminals, and they take full advantage of it, gleefully engaging in acts of violent hatred with immigrants, with no regard for decency or the rule of law they’re supposed to uphold.

[Walleye]

8. Un-American nazi pricks!

Would they really tolerate it if someone treated their mother or sister like that?. Are they just all unfeeling little bastards?

[Irish_Dem]

9. Because they are lying gestapo nazi cowards.

[Rebl2]

11. I have

wondered if they are some of the January 6 people he released from prison.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Yes, people who cannot get a regular police job due to dirty records.

People who are willing to commit crimes and enjoy being cruel.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. To protect their identities

Local deputies perhaps

[Irish_Dem]

13. I think ICE is hiring thugs and criminals.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. If some mug shots could be connected to ICE employees

that would make some headlines!

[Irish_Dem]

15. The MAGAs would love it. :(

[bucolic_frolic]

16. lol, yes, that's true too!

omg the world is so upside down. occupied by Trump's MAGA the government is like a legion of double agents that's turned everything inside out as they say in the spy game. The inmates are running the asylum.

Wait until there are Independent Cities with autonomy, no laws! Leon's henhouses to multiply his children. Women will be breeding sows.

[tanyev]

17. And I bet a lot of them refused to wear masks during Covid.

Just a hunch.

[markpkessinger]

18. I believe there are several dimensions/factors/motivations involved . . .

First, it is intended as an intimidation tactic.

Second, it is to shield their identities from the public, so that in the event there is ever an attempt to prosecute any of them for their crimes against the citizenry, it will make it very difficult to identify individuals for charging purposes.

And third, I believe that it is an attempt by the agents to try to distance themselves from their own actions. What I mean is that I believe these agents know full well that what they are doing is wrong, and many may even feel pangs of guilt about it. So they need a way to psychologically distance themselves from what they are doing. When they don masks, they feel anonymous, which makes it easier to think of themselves as good, decent people, even as they carry out acts that their own consciences have trouble with.

That's my theory anyway.

[Wuddles440]

19. They're contractors...

not actual, vetted, and trained Federal LEOs.

[riversedge]

20. 📌They also concealed their identities to carry out heinous crimes against innocent human beings ...

📌They also concealed their identities to carry out heinous crimes against innocent human beings ...

📌They also concealed their identities to carry out heinous crimes against innocent human beings ...

— D. Earl Stephens (@dearlstephens.bsky.social) 2025-05-10T15:53:36.089Z

[Hotler]

21. Proud Boys and 1/6er's and wife beaters. nt

[Meowmee]

22. So they can't be recognized

[egduj]

23. To protect themselves and their families from retaliation.

Not as sexy as some of the other hypotheses, but it is the most obvious one.