LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Metro Councilman JP Lyninger, D-6, wants to ban law enforcement officers from using masks to conceal their identities.
An amendment to Louisville Metro's current mask ordinance would clarify there are no exceptions for law enforcement agencies, according to the release. This comes after reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents regularly wearing masks while engaged in enforcement activities like immigration raids, according to the release.
Mayor Craig Greenberg in 2024 announced his administration would enforce Louisville's mask ordinance when people wear masks while committing a crime.
"Residents are terrified by the unaccountable and unconstitutional actions taken by ICE in recent months," Lyninger said in a news release Friday. "Louisville should not be a place where secret police operate in the streets and drag people away from their homes, schools, workplaces, and places of worship. Law enforcement officers are expected to be identifiable as public servants to uphold the civil liberties of our residents."
Lyninger's proposed legislation would not remove existing language but will add language to clarify there are no exceptions in the city's mask prohibition for law enforcement operating at any level of government when masking is used to conceal identity.
People who must wear masks because of their occupations, such as health and safety or undercover police work, will not be prohibited.
CLICK HERE for the full text of the proposed legislation.
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