WHO WAS THAT MASKED MOB?

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
–Oscar Wilde


BY GLENN O"BRIEN:

According to New York City law, one is not allowed to Occupy Wall Street while wearing a mask, and several protesters have been arrested recently at Zuccotti “Park” for wearing masks, including the Guy Fawkes mask popularized by the 2006 film “V for Vendetta.”

The law under which masked protesters were arrested by men wearing police costumes, dates to 1845. It bans gatherings of more than two persons wearing masks. The anti-mask law was enacted during the Anti-Rent War (1845-46) in upstate New York, when thousands of farmers revolted against their landlords, the Van Rensselaers, who were for generations the feudal lords of the Hudson Valley.

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