The Friends of Humanity could even be the ones marching in the streets demanding that mutants be deported and/or detained, shouting, "Lock the freaks up!" while their political leaders and supporters in other positions of influence and/or power rile them up further in raucous rallies dedicated to pretty much nothing but spewing hate against mutants and their human allies. The Purifiers would be the ones actually carrying out the dirty work of the anti-mutant agenda, committing acts of violence, murder, mayhem, and vandalism that would rightfully be regarded as terrorism were mutants the perpetrators of such acts instead of the targets, while the Friends of Humanity are portrayed by their sympathizers and agents in the media as merely "concerned citizens." The Friends of Humanity could also lend their support and backing to corrupt and brutal law enforcement officers and chiefs who use their power to harass, abuse, assault, maim, torture, unjustly detain, or even kill mutants and then claim those mutants were criminals/terrorists that deserved no mercy in the first place. Those very officers and chiefs would then suppress investigations into the Friends of Humanity's own criminal/terrorist activities, especially the Purifiers' operations, and stand idly by as the Friends of Humanity themselves harassed, abused, and even assaulted anyone that spoke against their anti-mutant stance.