In response to immigration raids by masked federal officers in Los Angeles and across the nation, two California lawmakers on Monday proposed a new state law to ban members of law enforcement from concealing their faces while on the job.

The bill would make it a misdemeanor for local, state and federal law enforcement officers to cover their faces with some exceptions, and also encourage them to wear a form of identification on their uniform.

“We’re really at risk of having, effectively, secret police in this country,” said state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), co-author of the bill.

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[–] 14 points 1 year ago (6 children)

there are exceptions and there is "encouragement" to wear identification. this will do nothing.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The exceptions are actually logical not broad. The only questionable exception that seems open to abuse is "health reasons".

    But the ones we need to be worried about can't read anyway.

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  • [+] -8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Has anyone even said "thank you" to democratic leaders? pretending to do something while accomplishing nothing meaningful at all takes a lot of work and skill.

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