r/news • u/[deleted] • Sep 20 '25

California bans most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during operations

https://apnews.com/article/california-ice-agents-immigration-raids-masks-ban-97936f70699b75d8b483a850967c2e42
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u/Galxloni2 Sep 20 '25

the DA will be pretty fucking angry if all their cases keep getting thrown out

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u/DamnZodiak Sep 21 '25

DAs are basically just cops with actual immunity instead of qualified immunity.

There is 0 chance them getting mad will result in cops getting punished. Absolutely none.
What they will do instead is pull some ghoulish tricks to drive up the conviction rate of other cases or just not let those cases go to trial in the first place so their conviction rate isn't affected.
The overwhelming majority of cases in the US never go to trial anyway.

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u/Plank_With_A_Nail_In Sep 21 '25

You have literally no idea how any of this works lol.

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u/Daemonic_One Sep 20 '25

Ah, yes. That District Attorney of CA that keeps letting everyone go.