05-09-2024, 02:02 PM
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ohio-ag-defends-letter-warning-woke-masked-anti-israel-protesters-they-face-prison-time-we-have-a-society
Be proud, Ohio AG warns protesters they face 6 to 18 months in prison and a $5000 fine if they wear a mask and attack during a protest. Those wearing masks and hoods to cover their faces are no different than members of the KKK, they are attempting to hide their identity while committing a crime.
Ohio’s Republican Attorney General is pushing back against critics after warning that anti-Israel protesters wearing masks are facing potential prison time due to a little known state law.
"The First Amendment protects you and saying whatever it is you have to say. Even hateful things are protected by the First Amendment," Ohio AG Dave Yost told Fox News Digital this week. "The First Amendment, though, was always designed to be a shield against the government. It's not a sword against your fellow students and they have rights too. Your First Amendment rights are limited by their right to be able to go to school, use the library, get the value of their education and the tuition that they paid for."
In a letter sent on Monday, Yost warned university presidents of a historic state law that could mean masked anti-Israel demonstrators on college campuses could face felony charges.
"The law is an old law," Yost told Fox News Digital. "It goes back to the 20th century, and it was originally designed to make sure that people like Ku Klux Klan were held accountable, that, of course, the reason that the Ku Klux Klan wore hoods and masks over their faces is so that they couldn't be identified because they were committing crimes. So the General Assembly in Ohio said, okay, you can wear a mask, you can wear a hood, that's fine. But if you commit a crime with two or more other people, while you are masking yourself, we're going to see that as a heightened kind of crime, a worse kind of thing, because you're consciously doing this and trying to hide your identity because you know you're doing something wrong."
In his letter, Yost warned Ohio universities that "violation of this ‘anti-disguise’ law is a fourth-degree felony punishable by between six and 18 months of imprisonment."
"Those guilty may also pay up to $5,000 in fines and spend up to five years on community control. (See Ohio Revised Code 3761.99.) This punishment is significantly greater than misdemeanors that typically follow minor infractions that accompany student protests."
Students and outside activists have routinely worn face coverings with some blaming the coronavirus and others saying they are afraid of reprisals.
"They'll tell you that in interviews," Yost said. "I've seen it on numerous reports, they're afraid of, quote unquote, reprisals. Well, reprisals from what? The university administrations are all in on this woke, anti-Israel, pro-Palestine, rhetoric. They don't have to worry about being thrown out of school for expressing their views. But reprisals from whom? Well, reprisals from the criminal justice authorities who enforce laws like arson laws like trespassing and that's exactly what this heightened scrutiny is all about."
Be proud, Ohio AG warns protesters they face 6 to 18 months in prison and a $5000 fine if they wear a mask and attack during a protest. Those wearing masks and hoods to cover their faces are no different than members of the KKK, they are attempting to hide their identity while committing a crime.
Ohio’s Republican Attorney General is pushing back against critics after warning that anti-Israel protesters wearing masks are facing potential prison time due to a little known state law.
"The First Amendment protects you and saying whatever it is you have to say. Even hateful things are protected by the First Amendment," Ohio AG Dave Yost told Fox News Digital this week. "The First Amendment, though, was always designed to be a shield against the government. It's not a sword against your fellow students and they have rights too. Your First Amendment rights are limited by their right to be able to go to school, use the library, get the value of their education and the tuition that they paid for."
In a letter sent on Monday, Yost warned university presidents of a historic state law that could mean masked anti-Israel demonstrators on college campuses could face felony charges.
"The law is an old law," Yost told Fox News Digital. "It goes back to the 20th century, and it was originally designed to make sure that people like Ku Klux Klan were held accountable, that, of course, the reason that the Ku Klux Klan wore hoods and masks over their faces is so that they couldn't be identified because they were committing crimes. So the General Assembly in Ohio said, okay, you can wear a mask, you can wear a hood, that's fine. But if you commit a crime with two or more other people, while you are masking yourself, we're going to see that as a heightened kind of crime, a worse kind of thing, because you're consciously doing this and trying to hide your identity because you know you're doing something wrong."
In his letter, Yost warned Ohio universities that "violation of this ‘anti-disguise’ law is a fourth-degree felony punishable by between six and 18 months of imprisonment."
"Those guilty may also pay up to $5,000 in fines and spend up to five years on community control. (See Ohio Revised Code 3761.99.) This punishment is significantly greater than misdemeanors that typically follow minor infractions that accompany student protests."
Students and outside activists have routinely worn face coverings with some blaming the coronavirus and others saying they are afraid of reprisals.
"They'll tell you that in interviews," Yost said. "I've seen it on numerous reports, they're afraid of, quote unquote, reprisals. Well, reprisals from what? The university administrations are all in on this woke, anti-Israel, pro-Palestine, rhetoric. They don't have to worry about being thrown out of school for expressing their views. But reprisals from whom? Well, reprisals from the criminal justice authorities who enforce laws like arson laws like trespassing and that's exactly what this heightened scrutiny is all about."
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