North Carolina bill to curb mask-wearing in protests could make it illegal for medical reasons, too
People wearing a mask during protests could face extra penalties if arrested, under proposed legislation critics say could make it illegal to wear a mask in public to protect against COVID-19 or for other health reasons.
“The world is different now. We can’t go back to when pandemics didn’t happen.” - Sen. Natasha Marcus (D)
“We have white prosecutors standing in front of overwhelmingly white juries comparing Black defendants facing the death penalty to animals – ‘mad dogs,’ ‘hyenas,’ ‘predators of the African plain,’” said Henderson Hill, senior counsel for the ACLU. “The racism in North Carolina’s application of the death penalty is so clear it’s blinding.”