Posted on 07/04/2019 7:23:38 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The Portland police chief argued in favor of implementing an anti-mask law on Wednesday to curb the violent brawls that most recently resulted in a conservative journalist being hospitalized over the weekend.
“We cannot allow people to continue to use the guise of free speech to commit a crime,’’ Police Chief Danielle Outlaw said, according to The Oregonian. “A lot of people are emboldened because they know they can’t be identified.’’
There are currently 15 states that have laws that have banned masks of some sort. Those against the ban argue that it infringes First Amendment rights.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
The extreme left mayor clearly supports antifa, so don’t expect any changes.
Those white Lefties love their masks.. Be it KKK Democrats or Antifa Fascists.
Anyone wearing a mask is a TARGET.
POTUS Trump should call for a boycott of Oregon — like the gender-benders and baby killers have called for a boycott of Georgia and North Carolina.
Funny, I didn’t see the word anonymous in the 1st Amendment. Might it be hiding in the penumbra?
The masks are a problem. People would be much more reluctant to create violence if their face is on view for all to see.
Masking should be considered an aggravating factor in any assault.
Eventually, even liberals realize human society is an open-air chimp enclosure and certain precautions need to be taken.
He should arrest any way, tear off the masks and post photos of antifa persona non grata. Let them sue and then face public ostrqacism as they lose jobs and are unemployable.
If hired, the employer becomes a place to avoid
Anti-mask Laws:
https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1169/anti-mask-laws
Odds are if you are wearing a mask to a protest, you’re not Batman, you’re a cowardly jack-wagon.
Does that include burkas?
Don’t expect these Domestic terrorists to start playing by the rules. DEMONRATS don’t want them to.. they are their proxy army against us!
But if they know they would get shot or arrested even with the mask, that would also be a deterrent. And if we would lock them up for a very long time, that might be a deterrent too.
At least the ones that get locked up won’t be beating up innocent people on the street.
A masked faculty member at a college I worked at beat a Pro-Trump protester at Berkeley, a couple of years ago. He was unmasked and later identified. His ass was fired. MAGA
Yes. Most will ... not to obey the law ... but because they are cowards that need to hide and don’t want the public exposure ...
Sir! You impugn chimps!
Aren’t there anti-KKK laws at the federal level that address wearing of masks?
Apply them to Antifa.
Antifa should also be designated as a terrorist group. Amusing that they are 99% white beta males.
It’s about time.
Some of the people who attacked people in Portland were not masked, have been identified, and have not been arrested.
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