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We had a guy in our city rob a bank, wearing a hoodie, but it exposed a bit of his face, which showed him to be Caucasian.
Later they realized that he had used a stretchy fabric hood with a face printed on it. They sell them on the Internet, often with celebrity faces. When pulled over the head, it clings to your face, and looks a lot like a real face, if you don't get a close look. It fooled the little local cops and news for a minute. It might work well to fool facial rec, especially when all the protesters are described as looking like Kobe Bryant.
The big brain play is to get a stretchy fabric hood with your actual face on it because why would anyone do that? If they question you, say that you're being framed.
I've wondered about the ethics of wearing a mask with a different race. It's supposed to throw off the authorities further, but the ethics of blaming it on a black person are clearly questionable.
OTOH, the whole idea is to throw off the authorities, so it makes sense to do that. Then again, aren't they going to see right through that, and know it's really a white guy? Cops? Probably not.
I'm just thinking I'll get one with a woman's face, and really blow their minds. Or maybe one with Trump's face, but that just offends my own sensibilities.
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