Link to September 23 Austin Statesman article, "Keeping library patrons safe, 1 cap removal at a time". (Thanks to Jason Skoog for the heads-up.)
Excerpt: Thanks to the Austin Public Library's new conduct policy, you could get tossed from the library for refusing to take off your ball cap.
You heard that right. Starting next Friday, Austin's libraries will begin enforcing a dress code that prohibits ball caps, sunglasses and hoodies. You're asking why. It's the same reason given for about everything else that goes down these days: keeping you safe.
Hey, I'm kept so safe these days that I'm almost afraid to leave the house.
The city's library system has put up bumper sticker-style signs at all of its 21 branches, the history center and its Recycled Reads bookstore on Burnet Road. These signs show international "no" signs over illustrations of ball caps, sunglasses and hoodies.
Techdirt blogger rolls his eyes -- though you can't tell because he's wearing shades.
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