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Students and disability advocates say UC mask ban harms disabled students and was used to penalize protesters
Summary
Several public commenters told Regents that a campus ban on mask-wearing during protests harms disabled students who rely on masks as accommodations and that the policy has been used to detain or penalize peaceful protesters.
Multiple speakers at public comment on July 17 urged the Regents to repeal or clarify the UC system's mask policy for protests, saying it disadvantages disabled students and has been enforced in ways that led to detentions.
A speaker who identified herself as a parent of a UC student said the ban on student masking during protest activity is "an outright violation of the First Amendment"…
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