New York can’t ban federal agents from wearing face coverings or require that they wear visible identification, a federal judge ruled Monday.

The ruling comes after a federal judge earlier this year blocked a similar law in California that was enacted after the Trump administration aggressively worked to increase immigration arrests.

For the Northern District of New York, U.S. District Judge Mae D’Agostino wrote that while New York “appears to be well-intentioned in its pursuit of transparent policing,” that’s not what the court is deciding.

“The issue now before the Court is about constitutionality—not transparency or preferable policy decisions,” she wrote.

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    8 days ago

    Look up how northern states gave the middle finger to slave enforcement by the federal government in the past. Look up how New Hampshire gave the middle finger to George fucking Washington to protect Ona Judge from him. If the law is unjust, fuck the law. Come on yanks, learn from your own goddamn resistance history.