but in time, it's sure to arise suspicion and a more mandatory banned would be required to end it's trendy as criminals can also hijack the opportunity to perpetuate malicious master minds or organized crimes.
Masks worn by criminals, which covers the whole face leaving just the eye, is different from the type worn to prevent covid-19 spread, which only covers the nose and mouth, and one is pretty much recognizable when putting them on, so it's not possible that criminals are going to adopt that. And btw even before masks became a normal thing to wear on the streets this year, crimes have been perpetrated with criminals on masks 
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