"When you have an 8th grader robbed at gunpoint with people wearing ski masks in a city where there is no snow, you have to address some of those issues," said Vice Mayor Jason Lee.
"This started months ago, where there was a violent crime in my district where other people were shot and they were wearing ski masks," he said.
"It's a great memory and, unfortunately, this family doesn't have a great memory," said City Councilmember Michelle Padilla, who represents the district where it happened.
"They need to ask those questions. Why are you buying that mask? Who are you hanging out with? Where are you going after dark?" she asked.
"Where there may have been pockets of crime, it's plaguing our entire city. Now, we have to address the crime that is happening," said Lee.
However, some advocates here in Stockton say this doesn't address the root issues that are causing crime.
"Violence is rooted in challenging educational conditions, and poverty, and Stockton suffers from both of those," said Nuri Muhammed with Advance Peace Stockton. "So until we can address those two issues, they'll have to do things like a ban on face masks." Vice Mayor Lee says the ordinance could be introduced before summer and would not infringe on religious practices.
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