Black Full Face Cover Thermal Ski Ma / Photo: Amazon *The Philadelphia City Council’s ban on ski masks is doing more harm than good for Black and brown youth, with troubling consequences on the ...

Some states’ anti-mask laws date back to the Ku Klux Klan, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. “It began to be used as a way to prosecute young, Black kids in Washington, D.C. who were ...

Philadelphia City Council’s ski mask ban is just the next in a series of tough-on-crime policies that disproportionately affect Black and brown youth.

City council voted today and the bill to ban ski masks in public spaces passed 13-2, according to Phillips, and Mayor Kenney will sign into law early next week. People who wear ski masks in parks ...

The pair are described as Black males dressed in black and wearing ski masks. They stand between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall, according to the report.

The other suspect was said to be wearing a black ski mask, white hoodie, red pants, white shoes and black gloves. The two fled the area in a black Jeep SUV, which police later recovered.