Some states think about face masks bans after harassment incidents, protests

Some states are actually contemplating banning masks over considerations face coverings disguise the identities of individuals committing crimes. At least 18 states and Washington, D.C., have already got legal guidelines that might be used to penalize those that put on face masks, lots of which had been enacted to focus on the Ku Klux Klan’s use of masks and hoods to hide their id. Washington Post reporter Fenit Nirappil joined CBS News to debate the push for masks bans.

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