Do I have to carry my tax returns with me in case the IRS stops me? 🤦‍♂️ Pretty soon, there will be so many agents that they'll have to start arresting each other. 🙄

😂

What a bunch of overpaid douchebags. When we get the government back we must fire them all.

So the IRS is busy at transit stations, I guess all of the rest of us can stop paying taxes now. They aren’t being used for the good of the nation as they were intended to be.

Do they ever plan on crossing the Anacostia

SO SORRY I deleted SO FAST. Hours of conservatives screaming at me on TikTok caused me to misread this!!!!

Might as well dress them in Stormtrooper armor. Emperor Orange and Grand Moff Miller are having an episode. 😒

What exactly happens when someone doesn’t have ID (or says they don’t)? I imagine anyone with a non-American accent gets more scrutiny.

Us citizens are not required to show/carry id. But too many will simply comply

I agree and probably would comply too in most situations because I’m on my way to work or dinner and don’t need the hassle of being thrown in a van for a trip to the precinct.

" im an american citizen; i do not have to carry proof of citizenship" if youre not willing to be inconvenienced resisting fascism, you are not bothered by it.

Resistance sounds easy until you’re stopped on a train platform on your way to an appointment, you tell a goon you don’t have to show ID, and they tell you you’re being cuffed and taken somewhere until your identity can be verified.

Idk what to tell you. The only other options are capitulation and acceptance of the new status quo.

A lot of people who don't fucking live here have a lot to type away about from the comfort of their couches, I'll tell you that lol

In case there is confusion, i live here.

Great, them I'm looking forward to seeing you at one of these stops!

They're at Rhode Island Ave *a lot* so it's a great place to hang around at if this is your goal!

Yep. All of these keyboard warriors can come to DC and show us how it is done.

Probably not relevant to what's happening in the pic but FYI ID is not proof of citizenship. Most people don't carry proof of citizenship around with them.

Its definitely peripheral, for sure

This is exactly what the KGB or Stasi used to do

why is the IRS there, are they doing audits of people coming out of the metro station

They’re there so that they can’t do audits of people. Not only is Trump getting some extra manpower for his thuggery but he’s demobilizing everyone who goes after white collar crimes at the same time.

i was joking, IRS-CI is the IRS tax evasion cops, they don't do audits. they're the ones who infiltrated the mob and took down al capone back in the day, it's extremely silly that they're patrolling public transit

But Russia and Putin ordered the dismantling of our law enforcement so all cops are doing stupid shit so the criminals can run free.

Every person getting off should tell them to shove it/land of the free/laugh at them - just a simple statement - and if they arrest, remain nonviolent - force them to arrest so many ppl they don’t have room for everyone…. There are more of us than them. Fascism only works if we let it.

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Since when do cops wear jeans?

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The new vibe is "laundry pile tactical."

The kit room has a floordrobe.

This is where a lot of the city accesses the DMV. this isn't something a lot of us can avoid.

What's the probable cause? How can they legally just stop people for no reason?

They have to have a specific reason. In NY, you have the right to refuse a bag search, but you cannot enter the subway after you refuse, and if you are already in the subway, you must then leave by the nearest exit. www.smileylaw.com/the-mta-says...

But these people are already on their way out of the station, so they should be able to say no and keep walking according to that rule.

Yep.

I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY, BTW

I'm not sure about the whole produce your id thing. You probably have to produce it, but you aren't driving, so... 🤷‍♀️ (Reposted because autocorrect changed driving to drinking the first time, and i just noticed it.)

This is what you expect in third world dictatorships. I have travelled in African countries run by strongmen where this was the common practice. If my group was not with a local doctor, we would have been shaken down harassed and maybe worse. Fascism is here. We need to non-violently resist.

Gee, I wonder how they pick who to stop

IRS!

Are they doing unconstitutional Terry stops?

Make them afraid

Seems like you as a nation have decided not to do that. Seems like as a nation you have decided not to for example doxx these people Seems like as a nation you have decided not to pick random members of this and go and protest outside their houses explaining to their neighbors

I cant necessarily disagree. I *can* say, resistance has been fiercer than I or even the fascists anticipated. For example, ICE had drop its age restrictions bc recruitment was so low. They have to get teenagers and the elderly. The masks, is another sign. We are doing more than I thought but...

Its also a testament to the power of force. We will get there. Its gonna get worse before it gets better, but we will get there. But yea, its frustrating.

I would not be polite about this

Shameful behavior

Looks like they are stopping black people.

I'm no lawyer, but this almost feels like a twisted form of entrapment, actively targeting and harassing random people just trying to live their lives. At least DUI checks are typically announced and done in the public interest.

Who has standing to challenge it and and there damages to be remedied?

They are getting scared. That’s why they have to escalate their tactics. youtu.be/C4x-F5XdCBY?...

I don’t see anyone questioning those 3 White -presenting women in the center of this shot🤷🏽‍♀️I do see a dozen asking the Black man on the left about his business 🤬

Are they stopping mostly *everyone* or just those who look "illegal" or "brown"? How many people told them to fuck off?

They're making the IRS.... The tax people do this shit...

No no. Every individual officer has made a decision to do this. They don't get a pass.

This is so FUBAR. I really never thought America would be the land of "let me see your papers" tyranny

This is the problem... and how it happened so easily. We never thought it could happen here because we weren't educated on our true history. The one-drop rule was the blueprint for the Nuremberg race laws. We didn't defeat fascism in 1945, we bought the parts we wanted to keep (scientists).

And with the Patriot Act we traded the last of our freedom for an illusion of security.

This isnt even their final form. This is only the beginning.

Don’t despair Don’t comment Instead Email Senators Email members of Congress Tell them This is not normal This is not good It’s not who we are It's not who we want to be It must stop Do something Or quit

lol yeah well email our representation

Yeah sounds hopeless. But it’s far better than communicating our opposition only to each other on sites like this. We all need to make it known to every elected we are not pleased with this crap. If you have a better idea for how to make known how many of us are in opposition I’d love to hear it.

So my point is that in Washington DC there is no representation. And I think I’m doing a lot more than sitting around considering I’m a journalist whose work you’re replying to.

In DC there are people who were elected. People who vote making it known to them they’ve have had enough is worth it. What you do is important no doubt and circulating your stuff more widely could only help. Otherwise we’re talking to ourselves which is comforting but ain’t going to get it done.

Sure Looks 👀 like a police state !!

This must be some of that "limited government" we were promised.

Gonna go out on a limb here and guess the IRS is not here to grill rich people about their shell companies in the Caymans

They stopping white people, or only minorities? Also, tell em to fuck off, this ain’t 1920s Berlin.

Eerily similar to the scenes I’ve witnessed in the Moscow Metro, looking for anyone who’s suspicious (meaning had a bit more melanin than most).

Frankly I’m disappointed that only 1 woman was yelling. Not how it’s done DC. Can’t let 1 person take the heat. Ridicule as a crowd. By ridiculing it’s not a threat. As a crowd they know the jig is up. No element of surprise.

It literally made them leave.