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Defying a Ban, Long Islanders Masked Up for “No Kings”
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June 14, 2025
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“If ICE is going to wear a mask in their uniform, then I can.”
In August, Nassau County lawmakers passed a bill banning the public wearing masks, making it the first individual county in the country—North Carolina previously passed a statewide mask ban—to do so after the start of the Covid pandemic.
Protesters outside Nassau County’s main courthouse defied the ban for June 14th "No Kings" rally. We asked them why. Some cited safety, others privacy.
“Masks are also a vital tool for medically vulnerable people to safely participate in public life, including protest,” New York Civil Liberties Union senior policy counsel Allie Bohm said to Mother Jones before the protest. “Any ban on masks effectively forces them to choose between their safety and their rights.”
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