"In a video shared on TikTok in September, a masked man in a tactical vest runs across a street in Chicago toward a Ford SUV. More people in tactical police vests get inside the vehicle, as an angry crowd forms around it, yelling profanities. "You guys are separating families," one woman shouts at the car, which is flashing red and blue lights."
"Over the past year, many federal law enforcement agents conducting immigration arrests have been concealing their faces under masks and gaiters when making arrests in public, in what DHS says is an effort to avoid doxing, or publishing agents' personal information online. Dozens of pending proposals across the country now seek to ban masking of federal policing authorities in public places."
A TikTok video shows masked individuals in tactical vests entering a Ford SUV that flashed red and blue lights as a crowd accused them of separating families. The vehicle lacked clear government markings and appeared to have no rear license plate, leaving agency affiliation unclear. DHS says agents wear masks and gaiters to avoid doxing, while dozens of proposals across the country seek to ban public masking by federal policing authorities. Video reviews from Illinois, California and Washington found some vehicles used in immigration-related arrests without plates or with traded plates, and activists have reported similar behavior, raising accountability and legal concerns.
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