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Black Lives Matter Says Law Enforcement Seized Face Masks Bearing Protest Messages

HeadlineJun 05, 2020

The Huffington Post is reporting law enforcement agents have seized hundreds of cloth face masks that read “Stop killing Black people” and “Defund police.” The Movement for Black Lives made the masks to help protect protesters during the pandemic. Boxes of masks were mailed from Oakland, but they were seized in the mail by law enforcement. 

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