Newsom signs bill banning ICE agents from wearing face coverings

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed a new bill into into law on Saturday that bans most federal, local, and out-of-state law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings.

The bill, dubbed the No Secret Police Act, prohibits most law enforcement operating in the state, including U.S. ICE agents, from masking while on the job. It includes a few exemptions, such as for SWAT teams and undercover police work, and still allows officers to wear medical masks and gas masks, if necessary.

Penalties for violating the law include either an infraction or misdemeanor, and apply to officers who committed an “assault, battery, false imprisonment, false arrest, abuse of process, or malicious prosecution” while covering their face, a press release from Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener, who headed the bill, said.

The new piece of legislation was part of a slate of others signed by Newsom this weekend, most of which are designed to clamp down on the Trump administration‘s immigration operations in the state.

Those include one bill requiring officers to provide identification while conducting operations, two others prohibiting ICE agents from entering schools or health facilities without a warrant, and another requiring schools to notify parents and teachers if ICE agents are on site.

Newsom signs bill banning ICE agents from wearing face coverings

The bill, dubbed the No Secret Police Act, prohibits most law enforcement operating in the state from masking while on the job.

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[Amethyst]

Because this is California which has a far left Democrat Governor, as well as majority far left Democrat Legislators, its really not about the face coverings, but just the fact that ICE is cracking down on illegal immigration.
California has been a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants and their votes are what has helped keep Democrats in power in California. ICE is removing their source of power

May they continue wearing masks for their own safety as they remove the unlawful.

 

[Amethyst]

The law may be addressed to Federal Law Enforcement, but is not applicable to them.

Good.

I think the majority of law abiding Californians appreciate their efforts.

 

[Amethyst]

. It amazes me how little the democrat party has changed since the last civil war. They still want states' rights over federal government, and they still want their slaves, only this time the slaves are children trafficked by the cartels, and other spanish speakers from south of the border.

Interesting.

 

[Batman]

I see ICE officers wearing facemasks much the same as I see KKK members wearing their masks.............
It is cowardice and fear-mongering.

I disagree.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

If the activities of the criminal are felonious, I believe lethal force is justified if the criminal does not comply with LEOs. LEOs risk their own lives when they have to physically fight perps. That shouldn't be necessary in most cases.

Depends on the jurisdiction. Where I was, it depended on overall situation, objective reasonableness, and whether or not LE and/or another was in imminent danger of life, limb, eyesight, rape, kidnapping, etc. One jurisdiction was far more restrictive than the others due to case law in that state.