Group Wants To Wear Ski Masks In Public Places

Bank robbers and prowlers have given ski masks a bad name for years, but a Connecticut man is wearing them around town to prove that not everyone who dons one is plotting mayhem.

Kevin Lambert of Connecticut says got the idea after he walked out of a local package store and slipped on a ski mask for an impromptu photograph.

A passer-by, fearing the store had been robbed, called police. Lambert was charged with breach of peace and had to perform 15 hours of community service.

Since then, he and his group of friends have worn ski masks in public places, he says, in an attempt to dispel the stereotype.

"This isn't something I do to go out and scare people", he says and adds he will be "striving to keep America warm by combating ski mask discrimination".

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