A mayor in the [town of Vendargues in the] south of France has banned clown disguises for a month, starting on Halloween, after several violent incidents involving teenagers dressed as clowns.

This month French police have arrested more than a dozen teenagers dressed as clowns with weapons, who were frightening passers-by or in some cases beating people up.

What the mayor of Vendargues hasn’t realized yet is that…those aren’t costumes.

Via BBC.