In a letter sent Monday to Ohio’s public university presidents, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost warned of an obscure law that could affect students who were arrested during recent on-campus protests.
“In our society, there are few more significant career-wreckers than a felony charge,” Yost said in the letter. “I write to inform your student bodies of an Ohio law that, in the context of some behavior during the recent pro-Palestinian protests, could have that effect.”
Ohio Revised Code 3761.12 makes it a felony to commit a crime with two or more people while wearing white caps, masks or other disguise. “Even a misdemeanor, such as trespass,” Yost added.
Wearing face masks at protests became commonplace during the COVID-19 pandemic and has remained a facet of many campus protests as students tow the line between “the desire for public protest and a fear of professional reprisals,”
The “anti-disguise” law, as Yost called it, is a fourth-degree felony punishable by six to 18 months in prison, up to $5,000 in fines and up to five years on community control.
Eatgrueldog 
Eh,”I fear catching covid”,done,no charges.
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Not so much anymore. Florida has a law on the books passed in 2014 outlawing masks in public that they are going to start enforcing again. Walk into my shop in a mask and it is 50/50 that you get shot
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I’ll probably never get over being able to walk into a bank with a mask on and not be asked to even temporarily lower it for the cameras during Covid. I even commented on that to the teller at my bank. She rolled eyes and LOL’D.
Nemo
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This law was enacted to stop KKK marches…..it still does he he he he.
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