One day these goons will be held responsible!

"Democrats in Congress and lawmakers in several states, including Tennessee, Michigan, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, have also introduced similar proposals calling for mask bans for law enforcement officers."


https://abc7.com/post/california-bans-most-law-enforcement-officers-wearing-masks-during-operations/17856254/

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Zero consequences, zero change.

I will say that it's good to see Newsom/CA pass this at any rate. It's a shame it was even needed.

ICE agents still have to follow state laws, and they can be arrested by state law enforcement for breaking those laws.

It's pretty evident that Trump's Icestapo uses masks in order to prevent blowback for what are clearly illegal actions. If masks are needed, then a judge will need to sign a warrant for their use (thinking primarily tactical gear, in which an officer still needs to display their namebadge), so it really has little significant impact on local LEO. What it does do is to identify what amount to vigilantes and require them to follow the same requirements - and to restore at least a little bit of due process against Trump's vast overreach.

True, but they don't seem to follow those laws.

But, tell you what, when state law enforcement starts arresting these guys for using masks on the regular, I will happily come back here and reply in all caps that I was wrong. And I do mean happily.

For awhile anyhow, so we'll see.

The problem now is that these goods are hard to identify positively. If ripping off the masks makes them identifiable, then perhaps they will be personally liable for their assaults and other extra-judicial acts.

This might cause many of them to drop out of ICE, or at least stop creaking the laws.

Plus it is a virtual certainly that many of these ICE thugs are already felons and I bet more than a few have outstanding warrants from previous crimes before they joined ICE. That would be a very good reason to keep their faces covered. And if they know they are likely to have their bare faces shown all over the Internet, they will suddenly decide ICE isn't really their calling after all.

Even with the Supremacy Clause?

The issue is broader than just face coverings, and in fact if another pandemic breaks out where facial masking becomes a big thing again, might this backfire somehow?

ETA: nevermind, just noticed it has exceptions for this.

If? I think that "when" is the appropriate conjunction.

but citizens are being kidnapped, abused and in some instances killed and they don't know who is doing it.
There have been instances of criminals impersonating masked enforcement AND most (if any) agencies weren't wearing neck gators before the immigrant purge.... so SUCK IT UP.

Why are no other law enforcement agencies worried about this?

other jobs/careers.

Their own quote sounds.

I'm proud to say that he's my governor.

TY

regardless of how it is subsequently adjudicated.

Mask mandates were recommended by federal agencies - but had to be implemented by the states (which is why there were such variable requirements around the country)

(An exception being the federal workforce and/or on federal property)

Local cop tries to arrest masked ICE agent, gets arrested by federal marshal for interfering with immigration enforcement.

to the U.S. Marshals Service - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143533334

So they might not even have the resources to do that.

and declare "states rights" (for themselves but not for others).

We will see how the SCOTUS deals with "birthright citizenship" at some point (the idiot 6, who should have waved it away immediately, may end up waiting until who knows when to rule while states make up their own "rules" ).

State, county, and city law enforcement are backing ICE.

Good move