Aren’t masks amazing? When it comes to disease, their use is an imminent threat to an officer’s health and safety, but when it comes to accountability, their absence is an imminent threat to an officer’s health and safety.
Who could have predicted this outcome except everybody:
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says it is not enforcing the new law while the constitutionality of California’s state mask-visibility bills, SB 627 and SB 805, is challenged in court. […]
Lacking any clear path to action, LA County’s mask ordinance is simply political theater, said Sam Brown-Vazquez, a coordinator with Avocado Heights Vaqueros who leads environmental justice and rapid response work in the unincorporated LA County neighborhood.
“It’s a performative farce,” he said, “a pat on the back for the Supervisors to look like they’re doing something.”
The lawsuit alleges that the No Secret Police Act and the No Vigilantes Act threaten the safety of officers facing harassment, doxing and violence while carrying out enforcement duties.
The DOJ also contends the laws violate the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, under which states have no power to control the operations of the federal government.
Previously, previously, previously, previously, previously.
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