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2024-08-24 Fifth Column
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US federal suit filed against NY county’s mask ban aimed at countering antisemitism
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[IsraelTimes] NGO says Nassau County law discriminates against people covering their faces for health reasons; proponent says antisemitic incidents ‘often perpetrated by those in masks’
A disability rights organization is challenging a suburban New York ban on wearing masks in public except for health and religious reasons, arguing it is unconstitutional and discriminates against people with disabilities.
People with disabilities would fall under the health and religious reasons thingy… unless their only health reason is anxiety driven by COVID hysteria. The federal class action lawsuit, filed by Disability Rights of New York on behalf of individuals with disabilities, seeks a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to immediately stop enforcement of Nassau County’s Mask Transparency Act.
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“This mask ban poses a direct threat to public health and discriminates against people with disabilities." Timothy A. Clune, executive director of the rights organization, said in a statement. The lawsuit includes two plaintiffs with various health conditions who wear medical-grade face masks to protect themselves, noting they are now fearful of being harassed and possibly arrested because of the new mandate.
"While in public and private places, strangers have come up to G.B. since August 5, 2024, to ask them if they are sick, if they are healthy or not, and to ask why they are wearing a facemask," according to the lawsuit, referring to one of the plaintiffs by their initials and to the date when the Nassau County Legislature passed the local bill.
”I wish I didn’t, but I have a health condition that requires me to wear a mask outside my home.” Easy peasy. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, said G.B., a resident of Nassau County for 24 years, has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy and asthma and uses a wheelchair for mobility.
Get a letter from your doctor explaining the necessity. I have one so I can take my medication on airplanes in a cooler with chemical ice packs. I never have any problems once the security staff sees it — they’ve never contacted my doctor to check that it’s real. “G.B. fears that they will be arrested just for wearing a facemask for their health because there is no standard for the police to follow to decide if they meet the health exception or not," according to the lawsuit. "G.B. is also concerned that they will be harassed, discriminated against, or even assaulted by people, including business owners and employees, in Nassau County for just going about their day with a mask on."
In a written statement, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican who signed the bill into law on August 14, said county officials are "confident that the law will be upheld as there is a presumption of constitutionality when the legislature acts, and this legislation is reasonable and responsible."
When the county’s Republican-controlled Legislature approved the ban on face coverings, politician Howard Kopel said politicians were responding to "antisemitic incidents, often perpetrated by those in masks" since the Hamas
 ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
-led October 7 attack on Israel that started the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
The law makes it a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine for anyone in Nassau to wear a face covering to hide their identity in public. It exempts people who wear masks "for health, safety, religious or cultural purposes, or for the peaceful celebration of a holiday or similar religious or cultural event for which masks or facial coverings are customarily worn."
Blakeman has said that while mask-wearing campus protesters were the impetus for the ban, he sees the new law as a tool to fight everyday crime as well.
"This is a broad public safety measure," Blakeman said at a news conference. "What we’ve seen is people using masks to shoplift, to carjack, to rob banks, and this is activity we want to stop."
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