Florida legislature preserves hidden identities

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"Legislation that would ban law enforcement and immigration officers from hiding their identities never had much of a chance in the Republican-dominated Florida Legislature.

Sponsored by Orlando Democratic Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith and Jacksonville Democratic Rep. Angie Nixon, the “Visible Act” would have prohibited any officer — local, state, or federal — performing immigration enforcement functions from wearing a mask or other face covering unless involved in “a covert, non-public operation, or to guard against hazardous environmental conditions.” Visible identification to include name tags or badge or identification number would also have been required.

The bills, both filed last year, have languished in Committee since then, despite the outrage and wave of national protests that followed the shooting deaths of American citizens Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti by masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis.

The killings underscored the critical need for the legislation, Smith said in an interview with the Florida Trident earlier this year. “ICE has been terrorizing our communities,” he said, with many immigrants swept up by masked agents and deposited at county jails or shipped off to Alligator Alcatraz, the controversial detention facility hastily constructed by the Gov. Ron DeSantis administration in the middle of the Everglades...."

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/783947-legislature-preserves-secret-identities/