Police answer to their chief.
Their chief answers to the local mayor.
The mayor answers to the people of his city.
So why on earth are the police acting as an arm of the federal government in these ICE protests?
They swear to upohold the constitution, which does not say "thou shalt not annoy ICE." ICE is circumventing due process. They are not upholding the constitution. We know they can't be trusted.
And every clip I see, whether it's LA or Minneapolis, the police are taking the federal government's side against their own people. We are so, so ****ed. The deck is so, so stacked. And nobody in here (a board full of people who claim to believe in federalism and sovereignty on the local level) has even thought about this from this perspective, I bet.
ICE can shoot peaceful protesters with rubber bullets, use flash bangs, etc. And nothing they do will ever get a policeman to take his people's side.
Just remember, the police don't serve the public. Ultimately, they serve the empire.