Under the act, anyone “wearing a mask” or in disguise who “injures, oppresses, threatens, or intimidates any person … in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege” would be subject to a fine or up to 15 years in prison.
I'm torn. On the one hand, you have the violent Antifa Movement which, ironically, is itself fascist. And the bill would equally apply to hooded Klan members.
On the other hand, shouldn't existing laws apply to these situations? Shouldn't the penalty for “injuring, oppressing, threatening, or intimidating any person" be the same regardless of whether they perpetrator was masked or not?
The “Unmasking Antifa Act of 2018,” legislation introduced in the House, carries a potential 15-year prison sentence for those caught engaging in behaviors typically associated with the “antifa” movement of anti-fascist activists.