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Thread: Football Mom Tased and Arrested for Not Wearing Mask at a Game

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    Quote Originally Posted by A.J. View Post

    Guidelines are not laws. Mandates are not laws. How far are the police legally able to go before they're breaking basic constitutional rights?
    The woman, identified as Alecia D. Kitts was free to leave the stadium if she did not wish to wear a mask. The school district had established the rule that spectators at the game were required to wear a mask to attend, which was widely publicized before and as spectators entered the game, The Marietta Times reported.

    From The Marietta Times :

    the junior high school assistant principal Adam Twiss was also present asking the MCS mother to comply and put her mask, seen in the videos in her right pocket, back on.

    "I'm grateful that it didn't happen in Marietta, but it saddens me that it was Marietta that caused it in Logan," said Venderlic. "As athletic directors, we've talked about this too and the biggest challenge about dealing with visiting fans is people behave much better at home than when they're on the road."


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    Schultheiss said the venue hosted 300 fans for the game Wednesday, with only two individuals, the alleged mother and grandmother in the videos, who were "having issues with compliance."


    "This rule has been in effect since we were told we could play," said Schultheiss. "Everyone that came through ticketing tonight was reminded, we had regular announcements over the PA reminding you that mouths and noses needed to be covered and we had signs at the bathrooms."


    Both Venderlic and Hampton asked that all fans remember what the rules are, with the focus and goal to allow students to play.


    "The governor and the (Ohio) health department have made it very clear that masks are required indoor and outdoor at sports facilities. They're just part of the expectation," said Venderlic. "They're one of the requirements the OHSAA (Ohio High School Athletic Association) brought down and said that if we're going to be able to have fall sports we're going to have to social distance and we're going to have to wear masks."


    In review of the videos, it appears that the woman arrested had a mask in her right pocket, with American flag imagery printed upon it.

    "I am really disappointed," said Hampton after learning of the incident. "If you chose not to (wear a mask) then you threaten not only our ability to have sports but put your ability to watch as a spectator in jeopardy as well."


    Hampton praised the work of his staff and noted compliance and efforts to return children to classrooms, sporting events and extracurriculars.


    "Instead, we're talking about an individual who didn't follow the rules and made a spectacle of herself," said Hampton.

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    Again... these are not laws. Constitutional rights trump mandates, guidelines, requirements and so called "rules". People need to start taking these incidents to court. What they are doing is not legal.

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    When it comes to masks it is really just who do you believe.

    If you don't want to get tazed, then my advice is to comply with the Police.

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    Quote Originally Posted by krystian View Post
    Totally understand why those with health issues or compromised immune systems would want to take all necessary precautions to protect themselves
    Thank You!

    I wasn't trying to start a Debate between Mask Wearers vs. Non-Mask Wearers - or - Whether wearing them prevents one from catching the Virus or not - Just my personal choice, and as the Bible says: According to your faith, be it unto you.

    I wear the N95 Masks, based on my research, which led me to this:

    A June study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection evaluated more than 10 masks based on their ability to filter airborne coronavirus particles. The researchers found that N99 masks reduced a person's risk of infection by 94% to 99% after 20 minutes of exposure in a highly contaminated environment. N95 masks offered almost as much protection — the name refers to its minimum 95% efficiency at filtering aerosols.

    The recent Duke research, meanwhile, showed that less than 0.1% of droplets were transmitted through an N95 mask while the wearer was speaking.

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