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No charges for man who wore KKK hood to store as coronavirus mask in California

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A man who wore a racist Ku Klux Klan hood to the grocery store as a coronavirus mask will not face charges, according to police in Santee, Calif., a city with a long history of white supremacy and anti-Black violence.

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department announced on Monday that it doesn’t have enough evidence to press criminal charges against the man, whose blatantly racist attire sparked outrage online and confrontations in-store on May 2.

The man claimed he was just “frustrated” with San Diego County’s mandatory mask rule due to COVID-19 and wore the hood because he didn’t like being told what to do, according to police.

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