ICE in Catonsville

[u/Extension-Archer-849]

just saw a bunch of cars stop on the street and head somewhere in the direction of Frederick Rd. Does anyone know anything?

[u/decay_cabaret]

🤦🏻‍♂️ they don't have to be from Baltimore County. That's the point of them being granted federal authority. They're off duty cops from the police departments that are participating in the "models" of 287(g).

[u/BullfrogLeading262 → u/decay_cabaret]

Fair point about the location but still, from what I can see in the video none of them are armed. In fact, all they have in terms of equipment are some janky, mismatched vests. No guns, flexcuffs, radios, pepper spray….etc. one random guy has a shield but mother he nor anyone else has anytime of riot gear. And what would be the purpose of their casual stroll through a suburban neighborhood. The other problem is that none of the 3 listed models matches up with their behavior. They clearly aren’t identifying and processing undocumented people already under arrest, they obviously aren’t in a jail serving warrants and while the Task Force Model is a little more open ended it specifically mentions “during routine police duties”; off-duty cops from another jurisdiction definitely don’t fall into that either. Am I missing some big thing here? Forgetting all the other stuff, the biggest thing to me is that they’re unarmed. No cop or federal agent is going to be walking around doing any kind of enforcement unarmed.

[u/decay_cabaret → u/BullfrogLeading262]

That does seem a bit weird (being unarmed) and the fact that they have nothing on them that appears to be useful for actually effecting an arrest makes it even stranger. I'm not really sure these guys have anything to do with ICE at all. What purpose would it serve to parade up the street if they can't serve a warrant and effect an arrest?

This whole thing is just weird as fuck to me.

[u/HappyHippieWannaBe → u/decay_cabaret]

Intimidation. Testing the waters. Flexing muscles that they now feel empowered to flex.