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With crime and violence increasing since the 2018 election of Soros-bankrolled District Attorney Larry Krasner, who refuses to prosecute most criminals, the Philadelphia City Council has taken action. The Associated Press reports<\/a> that by a 13-2 vote Philly’s leaders have banned ski masks in schools, recreation centers, parks and aboard public transportation. Those caught in these places wearing a ski mask will be fined $250. Supporters say that the masks make it difficult for police to identify offenders. The ACLU responds that there is no evidence that ski masks cause or encourage crime, but banning them would provide police with probable cause to detain innocent people who wear the masks.\u00a0 How this ban addresses the call by some government health agencies for the public to resume wearing surgical masks due to increased covid 19 and other viruses remains to be seen. Unless and until Philadelphia voters replace their criminal-coddling District Attorney with a real prosecutor and restore genuine consequences for crime, a ban on ski masks doesn’t make much sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With crime and violence increasing since the 2018 election of Soros-bankrolled District Attorney Larry Krasner, who refuses to prosecute most criminals, the Philadelphia City Council has taken action. The Associated Press reports that by a 13-2 vote Philly’s leaders have banned ski masks in schools, recreation centers, parks and aboard public transportation. Those caught in these places wearing a ski mask will be fined $250. Supporters say that the masks make it difficult for police to identify offenders. The ACLU responds that there is no evidence that ski masks cause or encourage crime, but banning them would provide police with probable cause to detain innocent people who wear the masks.\u00a0 How this ban addresses the call by some government health agencies for the public to resume wearing surgical masks due to increased covid 19 and other viruses remains to be seen. Unless and until Philadelphia voters replace their criminal-coddling District Attorney with a real prosecutor and restore genuine consequences for crime, a ban on ski masks doesn’t make much sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"\nPhiladelphia Bans Ski Masks to Fight Crime - Crime & Consequences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=9798\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Philadelphia Bans Ski Masks to Fight Crime - Crime & Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With crime and violence increasing since the 2018 election of Soros-bankrolled District Attorney Larry Krasner, who refuses to prosecute most criminals, the Philadelphia City Council has taken action. 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