Judge rules that law discriminates against federal government because it does not apply to state authorities
A federal judge on Monday blocked a California law from going into effect that would ban federal immigration agents from covering their faces, but they will still be required to wear clear identification showing their agency and badge number.
California became the first state to ban most law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings under a bill that was signed by Gavin Newsom, the governor, in September, following last summer’s high-profile raids by ICE officers in Los Angeles.
The Trump administration filed a lawsuit in November challenging the law, arguing it would threaten the safety of officers who are facing harassment, doxing, and violence. The Department of Justice claimed the law violated the constitution because California would be directly regulating the federal government. The agency argued that federal officers should be able to choose a whether to wear a face covering.
The KKK wore masks to protect their identity, this is exactly the same thing. ICE are the new KKK. They must be unmasked, defunded & prosecuted for their crimes against Humanity!
some of thier friendsa family should be encorauged to out thier ICE pig family friends.
These losers fought tooth and nail to not wear a mask during Covid just so they could fight tooth and nail to wear one to cover up their fascist, traitorous thuggery.
Also, just a year or two ago they were preventing students from wearing masks at protests
Liberty protects but does not bind
Tyranny binds but does not protect
and they dont even wear it correctly, thier nose is always showing.
Cool. Make it apply to all law enforcement. That’s a-ok with me!
That’s what they’re going to do.
It’s what they should have done in the first place.
Given how predictable this was and that state police already don’t wear masks, leaving them out is either rank incompetence or deliberately provoking this court decision.
If you gotta wear a mask, you know you’re doing wrong. But no worries, fuckers, the January 6th traitors were still identified.
“I wAZ OnLy FoLoWINg OrDeRzzz.” isn’t going to save you
threaten the safety of officers who are facing harassment, doxing, and violence.
Good. Fuck 'em.
but they will still be required to wear clear identification showing their agency and badge number.
A small win. We need to fight tooth and nail for every little thing now, things that should be normal.
So we’ve won the element of needing them to wear visible identification at least. Would be good to have that AND ban face coverings across the board. Treat as 2FA. FFS, we already need to provide 2FA for many things why not law enforcement?
MASKS are
TYRANNY!PATRIOTIC!-Republicans!
Wait why didn’t they make it apply to State authorities too? God damn Gavin Newsom.
The worst part is, this did apply to state law enforcement up until the final revision when they decided to change it:
https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB627/id/3267892
(e)For the purposes of this section, “law enforcement agency” means any agency, department, or other entity of the state or any political subdivision thereof that employs a peace officer as described in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, and any federal agency that enforces local, state, or federal laws.(2) “Law enforcement agency” means any of the following:
(A) Any entity of a city, county, or other local agency, that employs a peace officer described in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
(B) Any law enforcement agency of another state.
© Any federal law enforcement agency.
Can he not rectify it with a new ban that applies across the board?
Fully expect him to throw his hands up and cheerfully announce that he pretended to try.
The Trump administration filed a lawsuit in November challenging the law, arguing it would threaten the safety of officers who are facing harassment, doxing, and violence.
But what did they claim was wrong about it?
Btw she was appointed by Bill Clinton. Since people so often care about that stuff with judges.
But the emails.
