This is about time. We went from masks being ubiquitous to seeing they have downsides even if they are different types of masks.
> Wesslin Omar Ramirez Castillo was frisked and charged with knife possession after the police stopped him for wearing a ski mask.
Like, you didn't even need to read the article to make that clear. Reading the first line gives you even more clarity.
> A man on Long Island has been arrested and charged with possessing a knife and wearing a face mask in public, a milestone moment in the debate over whether to criminalize masks in New York State.
> The push to ban masks in some public settings began in June after some pro-Palestinian demonstrators covered their faces during protests.
... and often at those protests, people do wear KN95 and similar masks. In those contexts (dense crowds of people shouting) on its face wearing a mask for health-related reasons does not seem outlandish. And some organizers, specifically trying to make events accessible to people with elevated risks, have advocated masking so they can have more people participate. So while this particular person was wearing a ski-mask, I think it's disingenuous on your part to pretend that mask-bans aren't related to health-related masking.