SACRAMENTO, Calif — California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law banning law enforcement from wearing masks on duty except for things like riot gear, medical masks and undercover work.
Saying it’s the first bill of its type in the country, Newsom — a Democrat and frequent critic of President Trump — said it was a sign of growing authoritarianism to have detentions in by masked men “hidden from accountability, any transparency, any oversight. That’s Trump’s America.”
Well to be fair the law is interpreted and then administered by judges and prosecutors.
The police uphold the law to the best of their ability at least in theory. So technically speaking local law enforcement can begin arresting what would appear to be ice agents since they don’t identify themselves and have no identification and wear masks. There’s really no way for them to determine if they are ice agents or not they’re just armed masked men.
The interagency turmoil though that would be epic.