Posted on 02/04/2017 12:40:09 PM PST by BBell
A protest against President Donald Trump Friday night (Jan. 20) left two New Orleans police officers injured and resulted in 15 people arrested on charges ranging from inciting a riot to felony battery in the French Quarter and Central Business District, according to authorities.
The New Orleans Police Department later issued a stern warning: anyone wearing a mask during upcoming protests Saturday night will be immediately arrested.
In a day fraught with protest across the country due to Trump's inauguration, two protests in New Orleans appeared to go off without a hitch Friday until dusk descended. Then, a group of people that NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison characterized as members of an "anarchist" group merged with a larger gathering -- the day's second anti-Trump rally -- and proceeded to vandalize businesses, NOPD squad cars and injured two NOPD officers.
As a result, 15 people were arrested. And Harrison has warned anyone planning to continue protesting to leave masks and any other face-concealing materials at home during nighttime protests -- or face immediate arrest.
"This is the stance we have always taken," Harrison said during a news conference Friday night following the arrests. "We will not tolerate acts of violence, and we will not tolerate acts of vandalism."
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The zero-tolerance policy for masking Harrison emphasized is in keeping with state law, which prohibits wearing masks in public that conceal a person's identity except during Halloween and Mardi Gras. Harrison the state's masking law has always been in effect, but that it will be much more vigorously enforced given the intensity of Friday night's vandalism and violence.
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Since the New Orleans Carnival season kicked off on January 6 we may see the anarchists wearing Mardi Gras masks. That would be a sight.
Wasn’t there an anti-Klan ‘no masks’ law out there? Federal law meant to ‘de-mask’ the Klan?
Glad they got stuck in the Orleans Parish jail. The brothers will be trading the skinny white boys’ asses for cigarettes.
we may see the anarchists wearing Mardi Gras masks.
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But will they show us their boobs?
Unless they have beads, assume they are protesters. Or doubloons.
They ARE the boobs.
I’d suggest that if the NOPD tell you not to do something it would be wise not to do it!
Yeah, you wouldn't your face associated with all the tit-flashing you did to get ten cents worth of beads.
List of states and DC re wearing a mask can be illegal.
The list is alphbetical, and it is easy to check out the state you live in.
http://www.anapsid.org/cnd/mcs/maskcodes.html
these communist lost.They just can’t deal with it.They are Wailing and gnashing teeth. I don’t care what they do until they break the law and then I want them severely punished. We need a totally committed crack down on law violators. NOW!!!
Frightening the Tourists is practically a capital crime in New Orleans.
“Wasn’t there an anti-Klan ‘no masks’ law out there? Federal law meant to ‘de-mask’ the Klan?”
Many of the states which passed the no mask laws, aimed the laws at KKK members. Those laws were passed after the Civil War, when the Democrats/KKK did their best to put down the free blacks with acts of terrorism against their former slaves.
Now, the party of the KKK, the democrats, wear masks and riot. Their rioting is called protesting by their fellow rats in the media.
Same here in FL about masks, but if you do a crime and o have a mask then the charge gets bumped up to the next degree. So if you commit damage and it is a third degree felony, but if you wear a mask then it gets put into a second degree felony
They should all get those Groucho glasses.
https://www.amazon.com/Groucho-Fuzzy-Nose-and-Glasses/dp/B0006GK1DO
Hey! That looks like a “Hi-Point”.
yes, C-9
not mine
Especially if they break out the mounted police tonight.
GOOD.
It’s well past time for the police to start doing their legitimate jobs.
The no-mask law should be in effect in all 50 states. At a so-called protest rally turned riot it’s obvious anyone wearing a mask is up to no good since they want to hide their identiy.
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