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Washington state bans all law enforcement - including ICE agents - from wearing masks while on duty (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This is a nice symbolic gesture.

However, they will keep wearing masks in spite of it, because they're FEDS and they look upon the State government with contempt, one step away from how they look at "civilians".