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>>awnird+(OP)
The article doesn't mention any details about public alerts. I'd like to see the eventual postmortem cover whether there were any warnings being sent directly to phones in Anoka, Hennepin and Ramsay counties or if alerts have been limited to older messaging methods.

Also, although many people would pin this purely on the political climate there appears to be an inadequate system for reliable identification nowadays that is also enabling a rise in impersonations.

>>Ogsyed+09
How is the lack of reliable identification not a direct result of the political climate?

The Republican party believes it is acceptable for LEO and ICE to wear masks, refuse to give their names or badges or IDs, to swoop in with unmarked cars in plain clothes and point guns at civilians in order to kidnap "suspects" without warrant or apparent cause, then deny them lawyers and potentially ship them to other countries. They believe police should not wear bodycams, they believe they cannot be held liable for the damages, even bodily, that they cause. In fact, they even encourage the abuse of suspects and get on press conferences to explicitly state their plan to harm or kill. The sitting President has repeatedly joked about it on camera.

The Democratic party is the antithesis of this. Accountability, monitoring, zero-trust. Cameras, restraint, more limited roles, community outreach.

And now, here, someone dressed up as LEO assassinated Democratic legislators.

>>Tadpol+of
This is more evidence that "secret police" are a threat that must be neutralized. Between assassinations and other imposter crimes, this is becoming a dangerous situation. And it's equally bad for legitimate law enforcement, I've read about multiple instances of drug enforcement raids being disrupted because the public thinks it's an ICE raid or other illegitimate paramilitary operation.