[Kirkwood]

FLORIDA Chapter 876 Criminal Anarchy, Treason and other
Crimes Against Public Order
876.13 Wearing mask, hood, or other device on public property.—No person or persons shall in this state, while wearing any mask, hood, or device whereby any portion of the face is so hidden, concealed, or covered as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter upon, or be, or appear upon or within the public property of any municipality or county of the state.

[cuban leaf]

Looks like the gas station has a case and the presence of the police is completely irrelevant to this.

[jiggyboy]

Nice find. Businesses in FL would do well to put that on a sign where the mandatory “no smoking near pumps” signs are posted.

[drpix]

I'm not a lawyer but I believe that statute referring to "public property of any municipality or county of the state" is not meant to include private businesses.

["FLORIDA Chapter 876 Criminal Anarchy, Treason and other Crimes Against Public Order -------- 876.13 Wearing mask, hood, or other device on public property. --- No person or persons shall in this state, while wearing any mask, hood, or device whereby any portion of the face is so hidden, concealed, or covered as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter upon, or be, or appear upon or within the public property of any municipality or county of the state."]

But I believe the same right/law that allows private businesses to install and use surveillance cameras - the right/law of self protection - would allow a business to require a customer to not conceal their identity (with a masks or hoods).

Not doing business with someone concealing their identity in a mask or hood is a security, not religious, issue. She could always have a Muslim without a hood (male) accompany her to fill up her gas-tank for her.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

876.155 Applicability; ss. 876.12-876.15.—The provisions of ss. 876.12-876.15 apply only if the person was wearing the mask, hood, or other device:

(1) With the intent to deprive any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws or for the purpose of preventing the constituted authorities of this state or any subdivision thereof from, or hindering them in, giving or securing to all persons within this state the equal protection of the laws;

(2) With the intent, by force or threat of force, to injure, intimidate, or interfere with any person because of the person’s exercise of any right secured by federal, state, or local law or to intimidate such person or any other person or any class of persons from exercising any right secured by federal, state, or local law;

(3) With the intent to intimidate, threaten, abuse, or harass any other person; or

(4) While she or he was engaged in conduct that could reasonably lead to the institution of a civil or criminal proceeding against her or him, with the intent of avoiding identification in such a proceeding.