Why Don't They Wear Normal Uniforms? -- Digby

[erronis]

https://digbysblog.net/2025/05/10/why-dont-they-wear-normal-uniforms/

What IS this? They look like a bunch of cos-playing militia not federal agents. Why are they armed like this? Why are there so many of them?

Link to tweet

Interesting that it’s a bunch of women filming and protesting. Glad to see it.,

[pdxflyboy]

1. Their weapons are personal weapons, not standard issue.

These are pardoned J-6 MAGATS. I’m almost positive of that.

[Irish_Dem]

5. They could be private bounty hunters, who get paid for every person they drag

to an ICE detention center. Yes pardoned J6ers, etc.

[yliza]

16. I bet they're Erik Prince's mercs

Blackwater is gone but he’s still doing business. I bet the administration has contracted his new company because he’s brutal and ruthless and greedy.

[Irish_Dem]

23. Yes and Prince doesn't think he has to follow federal laws, etc.

[jalan48]

2. Paramilitary. This shit is usually seen in 3rd world dictatorships.

[markodochartaigh]

18. Or Florida

https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article284959592.html

[ultralite001]

20. Florida paramilitary...

Who is in charge here???

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article284946572.html

https://www.floridastateguard.org/

[Karadeniz]

3. Police vehicle, not ice......

[chouchou]

4. Any minute I expect them to say: "The beatings will continue until morale improves."

Yuck.

[relayerbob]

6. Those are not Federal Agents

Those are definitely civilian LARPers. Fuck them.

[orleans]

17. and for those reading this who have no clue what a LARP is... (i never heard of a larper)

LARP stands for Live Action Role-Playing. It's a type of role-playing game where participants physically act out their characters in a real-world setting, often within a fictional world or scenario. It's similar to tabletop role-playing games (like Dungeons & Dragons) but with physical actions and interactions replacing verbal descriptions.
-google ai

[Joinfortmill]

7. Brown Shirts

[MagickMuffin]

8. Of course they are proud boys, they get to play paramilitary without serving our country

Perhaps that’s why we haven’t been “seeing” them in their customary yellow and black uniforms.

They no longer have to stand back and stand by.

[Eko]

9. There is assault in this video.

When the big fat guy carrying the battering ram gets near the end of the blue truck he pushes a lady that wasn't in his way at all.

[Wuddles440]

10. These are not Federal agents!

[Nigrum Cattus]

11. This is "the line"

No warrant, no arrest.
They will eventually try to arrest the wrong person & it
will be deadly. Not American

[markie]

12. we are in serious trouble

in this country... we don't know who doing what and in whose name

[dchill]

13. What a load.

[3auld6phart]

14. Cowardly

Gawd dam Gestapo scum, not fit for anything except being bullies.

[Midnight Writer]

15. They sure look professional. ( insert sarcasm thingy here)

[surfered]

19. Militia members maybe...deputized? The ones in New Jersey resembled Meal Team Six.

[erronis]

22. Deputized? By whom? By the local school board or perhaps a Home Owners Association?

Come on boys, we're forming a posse!

[mn9driver]

21. Secret police. Brownshirts. Gestapo.

Take your pick. They’re here.