secret police

Example Sentences

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Newsom previously said it was unacceptable for “secret police” to grab people off the streets, and that the new laws were needed to help the public differentiate between imposters and legitimate federal law officers.

From Los Angeles Times

Without them, he wouldn’t have the bogeyman he requires to push forward the most authoritarian aspects of his agenda: mass surveillance, squads of secret police and wars of imperialism.

From Salon

Newsom said it was unacceptable for “secret police” to grab people off the streets.

From Los Angeles Times

“The thing that got me into the topic of ‘maybe ICE is a secret police force’?” said Lee Morgenbesser, an Australian political science professor who studies authoritarianism.

From Salon

If anything, he’s returning the FBI to its roots as America’s secret police, bound by no laws, no rules and no ethics.

From Salon