A 1953 Ohio law aimed at the KKK could surprise some college protesters with a fourth degree felony charge.
Ohio’s attorney general is warning state university presidents that students wearing masks during pro-Palestinian protests could be charged with felonies.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost sent a letter to university presidents on May 6, warning them that students wearing masks when they were arrested during the protests could see their misdemeanor charges morph into felonies, as permitted by an obscure, Ohio law that has been in effect since 1953.
“In our society, there are few more significant career-wreckers than a felony charge,” Mr. Yost begins in his letter, obtained by The Epoch Times. “I write to you today to inform your student bodies of an Ohio law that, in the context of some behavior during the recent pro-Palestinian protests, could have that effect.”
The law referenced by Mr. Yost is found in Chapter 3761,…
