Two California state lawmakers announced a new law on June 16 that would prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing masks in public, following riots sparked by immigration actions in Los Angeles.
The proposed “No Secret Police Act” was planned in response to an increase in federal immigration deportation operations in California’s larger cities, including Los Angeles, according to Democratic state Sens. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, and Jesse Arreguín of Berkeley.
“This is a very important and timely proposal to deal with the fact that we’re seeing more and more law enforcement officers—particularly at the federal level—in our community covering their faces entirely, not identifying themselves at all, at times even wearing army fatigues. You can’t tell if these are law enforcement officers or a vigilante militia,” Wiener said during a press conference on June 16….