This was actually discussed. The bill makes an exception for “members of a secret society demonstrating in public” as long as they get a permit from the police first.
Do you have a source for this? I really wanted to make some snarky posts pointing this out, but couldn’t find mention of it in the summary of changes proposed by the bill:
There are active KKK chapters in NC. There is also a Proud Boys presence here (they’re known to wear masks).
I wonder, will they be exempt from this? (I know the answer, of course. Republicans will protect their own.)
This was actually discussed. The bill makes an exception for “members of a secret society demonstrating in public” as long as they get a permit from the police first.
Of course. Good thing those that work forces and those that burn crosses are two entirely different groups and totally do not overlap.
I was going to make a remark about how getting a permit must be really convenient, since you don’t even need to leave the office.
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Do you have a source for this? I really wanted to make some snarky posts pointing this out, but couldn’t find mention of it in the summary of changes proposed by the bill:
https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewDocSiteFile/87480
It’s on the first page of the bill and runs into the second page if you open the full document.
https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H0237
“You boys better not have no n95s under them hoods?”
My exact thought: surely they’ll be prosecuted under this law, right? Right?
Some of those that work forces…