Man arrested for wearing Grinch mask

[pisshead]

this must be some of the freedom we're gaining from blowing up iraq...

?

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0526grinch26-ON.html

Man arrested for wearing Grinch mask

Associated Press | May 27 2005 (http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0526grinch26-ON.html)

Comment: Our police can wear black ski masks, visors and cover their badge numbers, but we can't so much as wear a scarf without ending up in jail.

WHEELING, W.Va. - A man is in trouble with the law for wearing a Grinch mask in public.

Norman Gray, who was stopped by police on Tuesday, was told to take the mask off and not put it on again.

Police say Gray took the mask off and asked why he couldn't wear it. After officers told him that wearing masks in public is illegal, he reportedly put the mask back on and said he didn't believe it.

Gray was then arrested and the mask confiscated.

Wearing a mask or hood in public is a misdemeanor under West Virginia law, punishable by a fine of up to $500, up to a year in jail, or both. Prosecutors say masks can hinder efforts by law enforcement officials to identify criminal suspects.

Children are allowed to wear masks. There are also exceptions for safety gear, theatrical productions and Halloween.

[sensiskunk]

lol pisshead, why is that on an AZ news site???

[pisshead]

it was an associated press article picked up by them...

Man arrested for wearing Grinch mask

Associated Press
May. 26, 2005 10:11 AM

[amsterdam]

how long has that been the law?

[pisshead]

there is no law. it's color of law.

a good example is the vaccines to get into school issue here. the media will tell you all day long it's mandatory you have to get the loving shots before you enter school, we love you so much now that dozens of vaccines that are harmful for you are mandatory...you're insane if you don't want them, let us inject you with mercury...when it's not even the law!

Austin had to get a law passed saying it wasn't the law, that's how pervasive the lies are...yet they still say that on all the major stations here...you don't even have to sign the waiver form available in every principal's office...

we're about to go through another round of it here in town...since school will be starting in a couple months...i'll post the aricles then...but a simple google search would yield some past info. on this.

it only escalates too...so in a few years i imagine they'll be threatening arrest if you refuse the shots, even though it still won't be the law.

and i won't even get started on these unconstitutional school court deals with cities and counties...that just get kids into the system for more reasons...you're late 3 times, bam you're in this bullshit court being drug tested.

all about teaching the kids about the new freedom, being treated like trashy criminals.

color of law. a sign you're not living in a free country, as long as it only happens to them though.

[XTC]

A lot of states have a lot of weird, dumb laws.