+ - Wear a Mask During a Protest in Canada: 10 Years in Jail-> 5
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Phrogman writes "The Conservative government of Steven Harper in Canada has proposed a new bill that would impose a jail term of 10 years for anyone wearing a mask while "participating in a riot or unlawful assembly". The conservative backbencher who proposed the bill makes it clear that he intended it to allow police to arrest anyone wearing a mask "before protests spiral out of control". Since this is the same government that arrested hundreds of protesters during the G8/G20 summit using a law that didn't actually exist, it raises the question as to how they will define "unlawful". This is the latest in a series of "tough on crime" legislation being promulgated by the Conservatives now that they have the power of a majority government. The 10 year penalty is more than double the penalty awarded to a person who murdered someone in a fit of "road-rage" recently."
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The reason for the law... (Score:1)
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It is useful in that the police state can arrest anyone who they think may in the future possibly be party to the committing of a crime which cannot be defined. Protecting the people from future crime. Didn't futurama do something like this?
have a anti-mask protest with masks (Score:2)
Id like to see 1m people say a big FU to the govt and wear masks, but the sheeple of today BEND OVER, and ask the govt, BE GENTLE.
Where the fuck are these idiots politicians coming from, havent they watched the history channel or learned from the fucking germans.
Id like to see politicians with loving families be arrested and placed in hardcore jails and be analy challanged, just for lying to the people.
Common wifes, see how your hubby is a total dick, and divorce him!!
Lets get around the laws.
Define "MASK"
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It would certainly seem to be intended by the MP who tabled it as enabling the police to arrest people wearing "masks" *before* they do anything wrong. This bill makes it a crime to engage in protest while trying to remain anonymous to any degree. So where before someone could wear say a Guy Fawkes mask and simply wave a banner and be within their rights, now they are criminalized for doing the same. All they need to do is declare any assembly of protestors as being "Illegal" then grab anyone who could be c
Mask of Benevolence. (Score:1)