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Originally Posted by Babaganoosh
It depends on what they are doing. Wearing a grinch mask for no apparent reason is cause to be suspicious of that person. Generally, if you cause people to panic or fear for their safety you are violating the law (and for good reason). This is similar to yelling "FIRE" in a crowded theater and then when you are being arrested trying to claim that the government is infringing on your right to free speech.
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I have been approached a few times by police officers when walking late at night in a quiet neighborhood. The routine I've gone through is to usually be asked who I am and what I'm doing. Once I told them, they might ask a few more questions to see if my story checks out. Once they figure it does, they just let me be.
This by no means makes me an expert on what police procedure is, but it would be fair to say that the whole quizzing a suspicious looking guy thing for cops is similar from one city to another.
That being said, I'll go so far as agreeing that wearing a grinch mask can make one seem suspicious to a police officer. He actually did look suspicious hence why he was approached. Once they figured out that his only "crime" was to wear this mask, they should have left him alone. Falsely yelling "FIRE" is an actual crime so the analogy doesn't really match.