Freedom of expression is dead in America:
>Police: Shopper wore KKK hood at California store
>Authorities are looking into whether a man who they say wore a Ku Klux Klan hood while grocery shopping in a San Diego suburb over the weekend could face criminal charges, the sheriff’s department said Monday.
>The unidentified man was photographed with the white hood while pushing a grocery cart at the store in the town of Santee on Saturday, a day after the county required people to wear masks outside to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
>Store clerks asked him to take off the hood or leave the store, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune. He removed the tall, pointed hood that had two small eye holes cut into it, paid for his groceries and left.
>Deputies were not called to the scene but are investigating to see if he could be charged with a possible hate crime, the department said.
>“The Sheriff’s Department does not condone hate or any acts of intolerance in our communities,” the department said in a news release.
>Santee Mayor John Minto issued a statement thanking “all who stepped forward to curtail this sad reminder of intolerance. Santee, its leaders, and I will not tolerate such behavior.”
washingtontimes.com
