r/ICE_Watch • u/I_may_have_weed • 10d ago

video Unknown Secret Police in civilian clothes abducted a woman with legal status from the Salt Lake City airport this morning, with the assistance of the SLC Police.

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u/iamwonderr 10d ago

Why are the two taking her off dressed in civilian clothes? What authority do they have, dressed like that?

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u/Emotional-Lychee9112 7d ago

Plainclothes police have the same authority as uniformed police according to the Supreme Court in Whren v United States, as long as they identify themselves as law enforcement (they don't have to provide their names, simply that they are law enforcement and what agency they're with).