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JMCKUSICK

(3,055 posts)
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 04:18 PM Jun 20

Let me preface everything I'm about to say with the following: [View all]

I don't have a solution, this is more of a warning.

The masked and unidentifiable agents of "The Government" is part of programming us. Unaddressed, this will become "normal" and the next steps will ensue. As in more indiscriminate violence, enemy of the state arrests will rise, and country wide "Battalions" strategically located in blue cities to intimidate and enforce whatever edicts come from down on high.
We aren't six months into this presidency, and I assure you, by its first anniversary, we won't recognize America even compared to today.
My question for legal eagles is this: Do the people scooped up in these raids have any standing to sue? The backdoor question which I find more interesting if the answer is different, does a citizen have any standing to sue since it could be local, state or federal 4th? Amendment issues?
Why isn't there an effort in the courts to unmask these people, to if nothing else, determine whether the individuals making the arrests are even lawfully permitted through licensure or deputizing to carry them out?
Asking for at least 12 million friends.
I'm sorry in advance if I'm missing something grossly obvious here lol.

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