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minus-squareIaparlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·27 days agoAnd if they just wear medical masks? Are they allowed to order you to take them of?
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·27 days agoProbably not, but they’ll probably do so anyway and get away with it.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-227 days agoYup. Accurate assessments of police conduct and the consequences (or rather lack of consequences) thereof tend to be 😮💨
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·27 days agoYes. I believe it’s entirely up to police discretion so depending on your skin color and whether johnny law had lunch will determine whether you get the 1k fine and or jail time.
And if they just wear medical masks? Are they allowed to order you to take them of?
Probably not, but they’ll probably do so anyway and get away with it.
That’s bleak.
Yup. Accurate assessments of police conduct and the consequences (or rather lack of consequences) thereof tend to be 😮💨
Yes. I believe it’s entirely up to police discretion so depending on your skin color and whether johnny law had lunch will determine whether you get the 1k fine and or jail time.