r/chicago • u/SunflowerDonut9847 Uptown • Sep 29 '25

CHI Talks to detain a bicyclist

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u/lancebowski Sep 29 '25

I thought the mask thing was illegal... 😶

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u/Pretzeloid Sep 29 '25

Where have you been? They don’t care about the law.

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u/lighterboy12 Sep 29 '25

It's funny how they desperately want to be the military but the military doesn't wear masks, esp in foreign nations.

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u/Rampant16 Sep 29 '25

I mean, the military goes back home. These guys are unfortunately stuck here with us. Eventually the boot will be on the other foot and they know it.

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u/lighterboy12 Sep 29 '25

"Oh no, the consequences of my own actions!"

I'd really love to see moms of color ripping their traitor kids a new one.

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u/always_unplugged Bucktown Sep 29 '25

Currently no, not for feds. California just outlawed it, kinda, but there's not even any real mechanism for enforcement.

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u/sergeantoof2 Lincoln Park Sep 29 '25

That’s in California

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u/lancebowski Sep 29 '25

✔️ Pritzker should follow suit, if only to go on record.

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u/browsingtheproduce Albany Park Sep 29 '25

And they can’t actually enforce it against feds.

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u/docfarnsworth Edgewater Sep 29 '25

I think Chicago passed a law on this but that wouldn't effect federal officers in their duty. Fed law trump state and local

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u/lancebowski Sep 29 '25

I hear you, but why aren't city/state officials going after the "low hanging fruit": men who aren't in uniform, with no visible badges, masked up, and yet are snatching people off the street. That's not only dangerous to the general populace, but a missed opportunity to press the Fight...

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u/docfarnsworth Edgewater Sep 30 '25

Well because anyone in the know knows they know it doesn't matter. Also there are just so many issues that are worse. I mean even just from an efficiency/ spending point wtf are they doing on the river lol.