California Proposes Ban On Some Law Enforcement Wearing Face Masks

Two Democratic lawmakers successful California person introduced a measure that would prohibition rule enforcement officers successful that authorities from wearing look coverings erstwhile interacting pinch nan public. This authorities comes amid protests successful Los Angeles and San Francisco against migration raids and national migration enforcement.

SB 267

State Sens. Scott Wiener and Jesse Arreguin telephone it nan No Secret Police Act.

There would beryllium immoderate exemptions to nan bill, including SWAT teams and officers who deterioration aesculapian masks during earthy disasters specified arsenic wildfires. It would besides licence clear riot gear.

It remains unclear whether nan measure has capable support successful nan Legislature aliases whether Gov. Gavin Newsom would motion it.

Los Angeles protests

Protests person gone connected for days successful LA complete caller migration raids. President Donald Trump deployed nan National Guard successful response, without Newsom’s consent. Wiener referenced nan protests successful Los Angeles while introducing nan bill, according to nan San Francisco Standard.

As media sum has shown, location person been dozens of rule enforcement officers and protesters wearing look coverings during nan protests.

Banning look coverings

On June 7, Trump took to Truth Social and said, “masks will not beryllium allowed to beryllium worn astatine protests.” However, bills introduced successful Congress since 2018 to prohibition protesters from wearing masks person stalled aliases failed.

Following nan “No Kings” demonstrations connected Saturday, June 14, New York City Mayor Eric Adams told NY1 he’s successful favour of a statewide prohibition connected look coverings astatine protests.

A bill successful Texas –– that’s adjacent to becoming rule –– would prohibition masks during protests connected nationalist assemblage campuses, among different restrictions. That measure has passed nan Texas House and Senate and now sits connected Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.

In Nassau County, New York, a caller rule called nan Mask Transparency Act is being challenged successful court. That rule makes it a misdemeanor to deterioration a look covering successful nationalist to conceal one’s identity, pinch exceptions for wellness aliases belief reasons.