From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Dimensional Traveler   wrote:   
   >On 2/10/2026 12:50 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >> BTR1701   wrote:   
   >>> On Sep 20, 2025 at 7:49:59 PM PDT, "Rhino"    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> California Gov. Nuisance has signed a bill banning law enforcement,   
   >>>> including ICE agents from wearing masks as they perform their duties.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >https://globalnews.ca/news/11438455/california-face-mask-ban-law-enforcement/   
   >>>>   
   >>>> As BTR1701 predicted recently, this is going to make it a lot easier for   
   >>>> "activists" to identify, harass, and even kill ICE agents and their   
   >>>> families. Apparently, some of that has already happened. Newsom is   
   >>>> almost literally painted targets on the backs of those who are only   
   >>>> enforcing the laws.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I think it is particularly telling that the law *doesn't* stop criminals   
   >>>> and "activists" (yes, I'm repeating myself there) from wearing masks   
   >>>> while they carry out THEIR activities. Apparently, it is "unsafe" for   
   >>>> ICE agents to keep their anonymity but perfectly fine for criminals to   
   >>>> do so.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> And this guy is the frontrunner for the presidential nomination for the   
   >>>> Democrats in 2028! Nonsense like this should be a compelling argument to   
   >>>> disqualify Newsom entirely!!!   
   >>>   
   >>> As expected (and contrary to the claims of that brilliant legal mind   
   >>> "super70s" here on RAT), a federal court has blocked Newsom's mask   
   >ban for law   
   >>> enforcement.   
   >>   
   >The reason being because as written it would have only applied to   
   >city/county law enforcement and Federal law enforcement but not state   
   >law enforcement.  So it was discriminatory.  The judge also made if   
   >crystal clear that was the ONLY real reason for blocking that part.   
   >   
   >The other part, that the judge upheld, was the requirement to have   
   >visible identification including names and/or badge numbers.  Which,   
   >again as written, DID apply to all levels of law enforcement.   
      
   My error. I said he upheld bodycams.   
      
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