A certain Oklahoma law is facing an amendment that would give the state the power to fine someone up to $500 or lock them up for up to a year for wearing a hoodie or a mask in public.(1) This huge infringement of human rights would supposedly reduce crime by making it harder for people to hide their identities. It also makes people who wear hoodies criminals. With the passing of this bill, police would be given the authority to arrest anyone wearing a hoodie or a mask. All they have to do is say that they were suspicious that the individual was committing a crime... because he or she was wearing a hoodie.
At a time when police brutality and violent racism is ingrained in American society and accepted as normal, lawmakers would rather attack the individual, and place more restrictions on the lives of the public. They do not care about you. Your safety is secondhand to that of the police- America has made that VERY clear.
You become a criminal the minute you speak out against the police state.
The implications behind this bill make me fucking sick- it is an attack on the culture of the lower social classes. How many rich white conservatives will be targeted with this law? None. This law is a victory for hoodie-fearing assholes everywhere. It's a good reminder of what America really is- a playground for the rich white man.
Sources:
1. http://news.yahoo.com/oklahoma-senate-mulls-very-important-hoodie-ban-174739117.html
2. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/03/hoodie-oklahoma-bill_n_6410746.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000618
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