When I was a young boy before we had television, my mom used to let me listen to the adventures of The Lone Ranger on the radio. I watched The Lone Ranger on TV later, after we finally got one. (My folks didn’t have a lot of money.)
The Lone Ranger and his friend, Tonto, roamed around the Old West righting wrongs and bringing the bad guys to justice. Every program would begin with The Lone Ranger’s horse rearing up on its hind legs while he yelled “Hi ho Silver away.” and with the William Tell overture.
The Lone Ranger wore a mask, and he was always mistaken for a bandit by the townspeople. They realized that he was a good guy by the end of each episode. Then somebody would ask “Who was that masked man?”
The press and the liberal politicians are making a big deal out of federal agents wearing masks while apprehending criminal illegal migrants. The level of ignorance these people are displaying is really aggravating. The masks are a precaution against retribution against the officers and their families. They also protect the American public from these lawbreakers gaining control of our social order the way they have in countries South of the border.
Aljazeera recently did a story about mass graves in Brazil near the border with Venezuela that the Brazilian authorities we're attributing to Tren de Aragua. [1] It is well known, or it should be, that a common modus operandi (normal method of operation) of criminal gangs and cartels is to render the police, local officials, and even state and national officials in Mexico, Central America, and South America ineffective by threatening to kill them and their families – and they follow through. They have frequently kidnapped people and held them hostage to get what they want. Even those criminal illegal migrants who are not affiliated with gangs or cartels often have serious criminal histories.
As employees of a state department of corrections, we were discouraged from having identifying items on our persons or in our offices. Cell phones were not allowed in the facility, and we were discouraged from bringing in check books, credit cards, or driver's licenses. We had picture ID’s, but without addresses, phone numbers, etc. If an employee lost their ID or keys, the facility was locked down, and a thorough search was conducted. Furthermore, the legal offenders we were dealing with were already incarcerated and were (theoretically) sober and unarmed. We worked in a risky environment, but it was usually safer than the one ICE and CBP are operating in … and it was still wise to take precautions.
To the loud mouths in the press, and to the liberal politicians
making political hay at the expense of brave law officers: Let’s see you go
out and try it.
