New York can’t ban federal agents from wearing face coverings or require that they wear visible identification, a federal judge ruled Monday.

The ruling comes after a federal judge earlier this year blocked a similar law in California that was enacted after the Trump administration aggressively worked to increase immigration arrests.

For the Northern District of New York, U.S. District Judge Mae D’Agostino wrote that while New York “appears to be well-intentioned in its pursuit of transparent policing,” that’s not what the court is deciding.

“The issue now before the Court is about constitutionality—not transparency or preferable policy decisions,” she wrote.

  • RedWeasel@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    They just need to change it that state agencies can’t work with federal agencies that do these types of policing. Not much different than what states like Texas have been doing with things the right don’t like…

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      Those rules already exist and, since they have no real enforcement mechanism, are constantly ignored.

      The fascists really like playing together, okay? They don’t care if they have to break some rules to do so.

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    So weird how it was the end of civilization as we knew it when people were masking up (to protect others) during Covid. The Karens just about clawed their own eyes over it as they wailed and gnashed their teeth over this.

    And now we have unidentified government thugs, with masks as part of their uniform, kidnapping and disappearing people, because FREEDUMB!

    And all the Covid Karens are strangely silent.

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    Great to know that legally no one can be banned from wearing face coverings, so you don’t have to comply when told to show your face based on this ruling.