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Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee
I have been waiting to see if anyone would start a conversation on the unmarked security force and the unmarked cars in Portland, OR. This is reminiscent of Nazi Germany.
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This is not new and is not even close to what happened in Germany. In the late 70s and early 80s I worked on a Narcotics Task Force 'Rip Team' on the MPDC in Washington DC.
Either from surveillance of drug traffickers on the street completing deals or by an undercover officer making a buy our team would rapidly swoop in on our suspect(s), arrest and handcuff them and put them into unmarked cars, and disappear from the scene of the arrest as fast as we came in.
This method was surgical and most people on the street did not know this even happened. Very effective to not disturb the flow of the street.
If executed correctly this was done in less than a minute or two before we left the scene. These tactics were challenged in court. Every level of court appeal found no issues with this and the SCOTUS declined to overturn the Appeals Court. Like I said not new and court sanctioned.
Also as an aside, you did not need to immediately Mirandize the suspect, unless you were to question them. It all depended on the circumstances if you did it in the car or at the cop shop.