New York Residents Fed Up With Violent Masked Protesters

The overwhelming majority of New York State residents support a law to ban mask-wearing in public during protests to help uncover hate and criminality, a new survey finds.

A masked protester at a demonstration in New York (Photo: AFP)

A pro-Palestine activist at a pro-Israel demonstration
Photo: AFP

Meanwhile, on Monday the NY Civil Liberties Union announced bringing together a coalition opposing a mask ban. “Criminalizing masks puts New Yorkers’ health and safety at risk, opens the floodgates for selective and racially-biased enforcement, threatens to exile some people with disabilities and those who care for them from society, and undermines protections for people engaging in political protest,” said Allie Bohm, senior policy counsel at the NYCLU.

Cover photo: A masked protester at a demonstration in New York (Photo: AFP)