PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Two state legislators are introducing a bill that would prohibit law enforcement officers, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, from wearing masks or face coverings and hiding their identities during a detention or arrest.
State Sen. Amanda Capelletti said she helped draft legislation after ICE agents raided a supermarket in her district, wearing masks and carrying guns, and took away 14 people without warrants.
“The reality that we find ourselves in was once unimaginable and is now wholly unacceptable,” Capelletti said during a press conference Thursday outside of the ICE Philadelphia headquarters…