{"id":2289416,"date":"2024-07-05T08:32:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T12:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-alderman-pushes-harsher-penalties-for-crimes-committed-wearing-facemasks-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T08:34:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T12:34:24","slug":"chicago-alderman-pushes-harsher-penalties-for-crimes-committed-wearing-facemasks-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-alderman-pushes-harsher-penalties-for-crimes-committed-wearing-facemasks-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago alderman pushes harsher penalties for crimes committed wearing facemasks &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-alderman-pushes-harsher-penalties-for-crimes-committed-wearing-facemasks-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2289416&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a proposed ordinance in Chicago\u200b that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-crime-filth-fear-at-bidens-border-camps\/\" title=\"Reports: Crime, Filth &amp; Fear at Biden\u2019s Border Camps\">impose harsher penalties<\/a> for individuals convicted of crimes while wearing masks. The increase in violent crimes, particularly robberies, has prompted \u200bthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-cheers-as-homeless-group-seizes-hotel-near-tacoma-city-leaders-negotiating-with-group-as-police-refuse-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Far Left Cheers As Homeless Group Seizes Hotel Near Tacoma; City Leaders Negotiating With Group As Police Refuse To Intervene\">city council member<\/a> to introduce the ordinance. The article also\u200d mentions the upcoming Democratic National Convention and the potential impact of the proposed penalties on\u200b the Black \u2063and brown communities. Despite some \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-crime-legislation-victories-and-failures-over-the-years\/\" title=\"DC crime legislation: successes and setbacks\">council members expressing concerns<\/a> about the potential consequences of the ordinance, others \u200csupport its\u2063 implementation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Chicago alderman pushes harsher penalties for crimes committed wearing facemasks<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/glenn-minnis-the-center-square-contributor\/\">Glenn Minnis | The Center Square contributor<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-05T08:06:30-04:00\">July 5, 2024 8:06 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1689775\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 With violent crime like robberies sharply on the rise over the past year, a Chicago city council member is sponsoring an ordinance that would mean enhanced penalties for individuals convicted of crimes while wearing masks.<\/p>\n<p>Just four years ago during the COVID-19 pandemic, masks were required by local officials. Illinois\u2019 indoor mask mandate was lifted in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, violent crimes were up by nearly 8% over the last year, with robberies, including an influx of coordinated sprees, accounting for more than 37% of all reported incidents. At the same time, arrest rates for such crimes dropped to a five-year low of just 10.8%. Criminals in some of the crimes captured on surveillance video wore masks.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic National Convention is just weeks away from descending on the city\u2019s downtown area with an expectation of large protests. The convention begins Aug. 19.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Ald. Raymond Lopez has a proposal to enhance penalties for those wearing masks committing crimes that would apply to both serious crime and minor infractions such as trespassing and blocking the public way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone wearing masks while taking over communities is what political extremists want to protect. Not you or your neighbors,\u201d Lopez wrote on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Not all council members are embracing Lopez\u2019s plan as the best course of action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has its merits, but at the same time this is something that\u2019s really going to affect the Black and brown community,\u201d Ald. Chris Taliaferro told The Center Square. \u201cWe\u2019re looking at enhancing penalties and enhancing punishment when it comes down to the youth or adults in Black and brown communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>City watchdog People\u2019s Fabric raised similar concerns, adding \u201chistory has shown us that enhanced penalties like this are always going to be enforced against activists and people of color. The scope of his ordinance is any kind of \u2018crime,\u2019 which includes minor violations often weaponized against protesters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With his plan calling for 10 days of imprisonment, a $5,000 fine and up to 129 hours of community service on top of the standard penalty for the crime, Lopez touts it as a \u201ccommon sense\u201d measure, adding only those engaging in wrongdoing need be concerned. The veteran council member adds he plans to seek a hearing on the measure at the City Council\u2019s next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-now-michigan-senate-judiciary-and-public-safety-committee-meeting-nov-29\/\" title=\"LIVE NOW: Michigan Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee Meeting (Nov. 29)\">public safety committee meeting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Taliaferro, a former CPD detective, openly questions if his colleague is even on the right track to have any chance of turning his words into law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI certainly believe that this is something that he needs to be talking to our state legislators about rather than the city council,\u201d he said. \u201cIs he referring to violating a city ordinance while wearing a mask or is he talking about violating the state crime? We don\u2019t handle those issues in the City Council. If he\u2019s looking to elevate a crime based off of aggravated circumstances or wearing a mask, that\u2019s a matter that\u2019s going to go before the General Assembly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1689775\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1689775\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chicago alderman is proposing stricter penalties for crimes committed while wearing masks, in response to a rise in violent crime. The ordinance would apply to both serious crimes and minor infractions, but not all council members are in favor of the plan. Some believe it could disproportionately affect the Black and brown communities. The proposal includes imprisonment, fines, and community service on top of the standard penalty for the crime. The alderman plans to seek a hearing on the measure at the City Council&#8217;s next public safety committee meeting, but some question if it should be addressed at the state level instead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2289417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/chicago-dnc-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33981,4387,5999,33982,9637],"class_list":["post-2289416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-alderman","tag-chicago","tag-crimes","tag-facemasks","tag-penalties"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/chicago-dnc-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2289416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2289417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2289416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2289416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2289416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}