A Massachusetts lawmaker has filed a bill that would ban law enforcement from wearing masks, with exceptions.
The bill filed by state Rep. James Hawkins, an Attleboro Democrat representing the 2nd Bristol district, comes amid controversy of some federal ICE agents and officers wearing masks in recent months while making local arrests.
“We’ve seen recently a real erosion in public trust — people don’t trust law enforcement that’s coming,” Hawkins told WPRI-TV. “We’ve got women and children who are taken by masked people who are not identified and they’re removed. That’s scaring a lot of people.”…