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Man in Joker Makeup Charged with Felony for 'Wearing Mask'
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CyclopsRock
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I like the idea that they say you can open carry a sword. As opposed to, like, carefully hiding your sword where it can't be seen.
"The law dates back at least 70 years as an attempt to curtail the Ku Klux Klan."
"The law dates back at least 70 years as an attempt to curtail the Ku Klux Klan."
Open carrying pieces of shit try to scare people all the fucking time and they don't get any punishment whatsoever.
adamsappel
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Why so serious?
Patrick S.
Banned
Murica.
Acerac
Banned
*Nods*
Though I think the punishment is a bit lax? Perhaps life in prison would be more appropriate for this act.
MrS
Banned
Should have been first post
Mechanized
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Why the sword? lol that doesn't mesh with a Joker cosplay.
Straight Edge
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In most areas walking around with a sword and a mask would get you charged with menacing.
Shalashaska
Member
Yeah who cares about that whole innocent until proven guilty thing.. Especially when nothing actually happened.
Straight Edge
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He's guilty of wearing a mask per the ordinance.
Straight Edge
Member
Are they doing it to cause panic while armed?
That's not what he is being charged for. You can't arrest somebody for one charge simply as a pretext for something else that isn't illegal.
JordanN
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John Kowalski
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It's a hard life out there for cosplayers.
LOCK HER UP!!!
That's the same
Life?
As far as the logic of this arrest goes, makeup like that is a mask that is a felony. She is clearly disguised from her true identity in that make up. Clearly, this is the act of a felon.
Her makeup doesn't disguise her features they just subtly alter them and her original shot is still recognizably her and doesn't disguise her identity
There is no way that anybody would identify the first picture and last picture as the same person if they had no prior knowledge of the person. She has fully covered her face in makeup. The makeup is literally designed to alter the features of her face. Many people use makeup to look completely different. This isn't news. Let's not pretend that some don't do this.
Hey this happened in my town! From what I understand he was in front of the Mission BBQ for a while, customers got uncomfortable and it was the business manager that called the cops. I think the arrest is an overreaction. The guy is probably going to lose his job now.
It's weird but this area seems to have some weird fascination with clowns. It's cooled off a little bit now, but last fall you would hear multiple reports per week of people in clown masks scaring people at night.
http://www.whsv.com/content/news/Front-Royal-man-arrested-for-wearing-clown-mask-394053381.html
So I think the arrest was more of a statement in regards to these instances rather than this guy actually breaking any laws.
It's weird but this area seems to have some weird fascination with clowns. It's cooled off a little bit now, but last fall you would hear multiple reports per week of people in clown masks scaring people at night.
http://www.whsv.com/content/news/Front-Royal-man-arrested-for-wearing-clown-mask-394053381.html
So I think the arrest was more of a statement in regards to these instances rather than this guy actually breaking any laws.
Aarglefarg
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I am not a lawyer but maybe it could be considered participating in a theatrical production, which is exempt.
LookAtMeGo
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I hate clowns. Glad people are keeping us safe from them.
Remember that time a couple dressed as Joke and Harley Quinn shot a cop in LA?
Or that guy in Belgium who murdered a bunch of kids dressed as the Joker?
The whole mask vs. Makeup thing is ridiculous, but I understand people feeling cautious around someone casually wearing full serial killer makeup on the street if there isn't a Con or particular reason.
Or that guy in Belgium who murdered a bunch of kids dressed as the Joker?
The whole mask vs. Makeup thing is ridiculous, but I understand people feeling cautious around someone casually wearing full serial killer makeup on the street if there isn't a Con or particular reason.
Lets just go ahead and co-opt all clothing and masks/makeup that some killers used to now be a signal of being a killer then.....Remember that time a couple dressed as Joke and Harley Quinn shot a cop in LA?
Or that guy in Belgium who murdered a bunch of kids dressed as the Joker?
The whole mask vs. Makeup thing is ridiculous, but I understand people feeling cautious around someone casually wearing full serial killer makeup on the street if there isn't a Con or particular reason.
The issue isn't people feeling cautious, it's someone getting arrested. This is obviously not okay.
yeah don't do that in Winchester. They're kind of still on that bridge gap back to the mid to late 20th century.
fear of brown men in cut out masks were used as a social battering ram against the economic malaise of the 70s in Virginia, so...not outdoors, no.
fear of brown men in cut out masks were used as a social battering ram against the economic malaise of the 70s in Virginia, so...not outdoors, no.
Like I said, the reason for his arrest is ridiculous.
SecretMoblin
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the law is plainly absurd even if the original intent (anti-KKK measure) had some merit
I hope he pushes back legally, it would be interesting to read appeals court language on the law.
I hope he pushes back legally, it would be interesting to read appeals court language on the law.
The Cowboy
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America is weird, walking around with guns is no probs at all, wearing scary makeup is a felony.
Just bizarre.
Have to say, it's a hell of a version of the Joker - he looks proper menacing.
Just bizarre.
Have to say, it's a hell of a version of the Joker - he looks proper menacing.
MsKrisp
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If you have a reason to wear a mask, you're good. Cosplayers will be fine
The law's origins were to curtail kkk activity. It's in the snippet in the op. While the kkk may not be bold enough to do it broad daylight anymore, modern day applications include curtailing furry activity. Seems fair enough to me.
Musky_Cheese
Banned
Why so serious Virginia
RecRoulette
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Huh, learn something new every day.
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If you have a reason to wear a mask, you're good. Cosplayers will be fine
Recreation was not an enumerated reason in that.
It wasn't. And since it's not Halloween the holiday exception wouldn't apply. Still there's only mention of masks and devices. I'm sure a lawyer could argue makeup is neither.
MsKrisp
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Okay, then refer to people out here that cosplay that have never had an issue, between attending events, going to and fro, and eating at restaurants. This is not a charge the police hand out easily.
It's one thing to be walking around a shopping center by yourself, or wandering around some random neighborhood at night with a mask.
Chmpocalypse
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Makeup is literally not a device.
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