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California Passes Law Banning ICE Officers From Wearing Masks
The bill, SB-627, bans any law enforcement officer or agent from wearing a "facial covering that conceals or obscures their facial identity in the performance of their duties," with exceptions for motorcycle helmets and SWAT officers, along with N-95 masks for COVID-19.
Assuming it's signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), violators could face either a fine or charged with a misdemeanor.
The bill also strips law enforcement officers from qualified immunity for officer and agents who commit "assault, battery, false imprisonment, false arrest, abuse of process, or malicious prosecution" while wearing a mask, and could face a fine up to $10,000.
The bill applies to federal, state, and local law enforcement personnel throughout the state - so criminals seeking revenge will have a wide swath of cops to target.
"The ICE masked secret police are raining terror on communities across California, and it has to stop. Law enforcement should never be easily confused with the guy in the ski mask robbing a liquor store, yet that’s what’s happening with ICE’s extreme masking behavior," Sen. Scott Wiener (D-generate), the bill's leading sponsor, wrote.
"They should be proud to show their faces and provide identifying information in the course of duty."
The agencies have hit back - saying that masking prevents members of law enforcement and their families from being harassed.
"ICE law enforcement officers wear masks to prevent doxing, which can (and has) placed them and their families at risk. All ICE law enforcement officers carry badges and credentials and will identify themselves when required for public safety or legal necessity," the agency wrote on its website in the FAQ area.
ICE is responsible for heading up the apprehension, prosecution and removal of illegal immigrants from the United States.
That said, the bill may be unconstitutional - after the Supreme Court held in a 2012 case (Arizona v. United States) that states cannot regulate federal immigration law enforcement. Yet, the word "immigration" is not mentioned in the text of the bill, which applies to all law enforcement activity.
The bill was approved by a 2/3 majority in the California Senate and a simple majority in the lower House.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB627
Murdoch press going after Kash
Children’s face painter among those rounded up in blitz on alleged paedophiles
A children’s face painter accused of uploading more than a dozen images of child abuse is among nine accused paedophiles rounded up in secretive raids by federal police across Sydney.
Others picked up by the Australian Federal Police over the past fortnight include an IT worker who allegedly posed as a girl to solicit nude photos from teenage boys, a man accused of paying three times to watch children being sexually abused overseas, and another man accused of administering a group chat focused on child abuse material.
The Australian Federal Police have spent a fortnight executing 15 search warrants and laying 30 charges across Sydney, the Central Coast and the Southern Highlands under Operation Titan.
Titan’s officers hauled nine people into custody across two weeks of raids, seizing more than 50 electronic devices in the process.
In the city’s west, 34-year-old Cranebrook woman Jesse Kristal Hopkins is facing three charges including possessing and transmitting child abuse material.
Police allege she uploaded 14 files to a social media platform and received 100 illicit videos and images over a messaging application.
Hopkins had held a working with children’s check, which expired last year, and worked as a face painter in children’s entertainment, sources with knowledge of the investigation say.
She faced Penrith Local Court before being released on bail. She must stay away from schools and cannot be alone with any child while on bail.
Also granted bail was Donato Grigorio, 35, from popular Southern Highlands town Moss Vale. He was arrested on August 28, charged with transmitting indecent messages to a person under the age of 16.
Police allege he had sexualised conversations with two girls in the Philippines. He will return to court on September 16.
A teenager from South Windsor accused of possessing child abuse material, and transmitting similar content across different social media platforms, was charged on September 4.
https://archive.md/AyxaU#selection-3603.0-3661.175
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/children-s-face-painter-among-those-rounded-up-in-blitz-on-alleged-paedophiles-20250911-p5muar.html
Jeremiah 11
The Covenant Is Broken
6 The Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the terms of this covenant and follow them. 7 From the time I brought your ancestors up from Egypt until today, I warned them again and again, saying, “Obey me.” 8 But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts. So I brought on them all the curses of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.’”
9 Then the Lord said to me, “There is a conspiracy among the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem. 10 They have returned to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant I made with their ancestors. 11 Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them. 12 The towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they will not help them at all when disaster strikes. 13 You, Judah, have as many gods as you have towns; and the altars you have set up to burn incense to that shameful god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
14 “Do not pray for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their distress.
15 “What is my beloved doing in my temple
as she, with many others, works out her evil schemes?
Can consecrated meat avert your punishment?
When you engage in your wickedness,
then you rejoice.[a]”
Israel to mark Oct. 7 only on Hebrew date this year; families plan separate memorial
Government shifts official remembrance to Oct. 16 with two state ceremonies at Mount Herzl, while nonprofit KUMI organizes Oct. 7 tribute featuring top Israeli artists after raising millions through crowdfunding
The government announced on Saturday that it will not hold an official state ceremony this year on Oct. 7, the anniversary of Hamas’s deadly attacks, marking a departure from last year’s one-time decision.
Instead, a national day of remembrance for the Oct. 7 events and the ongoing war will be observed only on the Hebrew calendar date, the 24th of Tishrei, which falls this year on Oct. 16.
Two state ceremonies will take place that day at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem: one at 11 a.m. to honor fallen soldiers and another at 1 p.m. for civilians killed in the attacks.
On the Gregorian date of Oct. 7, the only memorial will be one organized by KUMI, a nonprofit led by Yonatan Shamriz, whose brother Alon was killed by Israeli fire alongside hostages Yotam Haim and Samer Talalka.
The evening ceremony on Oct. 7, scheduled for 9:30 p.m., will feature an extensive lineup of Israeli performers, all volunteering to participate. Among those announced: Esther Rada, Berry Sakharof, Daniel Weiss, Hadag Nahash, Hatikva 6, Yuval Rafael, Yardena Arazi, Noam and Rami Kleinstein, Eden Golan, Eden Hason, Amir Benayoun, Rita, Riki Gal, Shiri Maimon, Shalom Hanoch, Shlomi Shabat, Shlomo Artzi and Tamir Greenberg. The memorial will be broadcast live on television and screened at community gatherings in Israel and abroad.
KUMI has not yet finalized the venue but said it aims to secure a central location within budget. To fund the event, the group launched a crowdfunding campaign that recently reached its target of 2 million shekels (about $600,000).
Last year, Israel held two official ceremonies — one on Oct. 7 and another on the Hebrew date — but government officials said from the outset the Gregorian date would be marked only once.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1o1buxoex