D.C. Activist Blames Masks for Rise in Gun Violence
1. Criminals 2. Guns This isn't just an ideological test. It's a sanity test. But of course, all sorts of alternative answers are possible. One very specific by-product of the pandemic — the wearing of masks — played a role in ratcheting up tensions that often led to violence, said Terrance Staley, program coordinator for the Alliance for Concerned Men, a long-standing community group that works to de-escalate conflicts in the Black community in Washington, D.C. "Those context cues are not visible with masks, so you don’t know who’s up on you until theyâ€...