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Officials: Paddleboarder arrested at Malibu Pier for flouting state stay at home order
KTLA ^ | April 2, 2020 | Erika Martin

Posted on 04/03/2020 9:11:13 AM PDT by EdnaMode

A paddleboarder was arrested in Malibu Thursday after ignoring lifeguards’ orders to get out of the ocean amid social distancing rules, authorities said.

The lifeguards flagged down deputies for assistance, but the man ultimately chose to stay in the water alongside the Malibu Pier for about 30 to 40 minutes, Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said in a Facebook post.

Deputies summoned their patrol boat from Marina Del Rey, and the man swam to shore once it arrived, officials said.

He was subsequently arrested on suspicion of disobeying a lifeguard and violating Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay at home order, a misdemeanor.

He was booked at the sheriff’s station in Calabasas before being released with a notice to appear in court, deputies said.

Officials did not release any identifying information on the man. He could face a $1,000 fine, up to six months in jail, or both.

So far, the state order has not been widely enforced by police agencies, but this isn’t the first time this week a Southern California man has faced consequences for being in the ocean.

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KEYWORDS: 1984; ca; calabasas; california; gavinnewsom; gavinnewsome; malibu; newsom; newsome; stupidity
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To: EdnaMode

A SUP’er getting Malibu to himself must have upset the locals. SUP’ers are pretty low on the hierarchy at that location. Wouldn’t be surprised his tires were flattened and his car keyed while he was settling matters in Calabasas.


21 posted on 04/03/2020 9:24:01 AM PDT by BillyBonebrake
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To: EdnaMode

Brown shirts. The number one expansion group in this country. Very sad.


22 posted on 04/03/2020 9:24:45 AM PDT by blackdog (Making wine cave appearances upon request.)
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To: Billthedrill
The Malibu polar bears. Or the penguins.

Penguins and polar bears do not share the same territory. Penguins live farther south, at Doheny.

23 posted on 04/03/2020 9:25:48 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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To: EdnaMode

And illegal aliens flooding our country are all good so let’s give them sanctuary.


24 posted on 04/03/2020 9:28:57 AM PDT by NativeSon ( What Would Virginia Do? #WWVD)
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To: EdnaMode; Gamecock; SaveFerris
He was flouting convention!


25 posted on 04/03/2020 9:29:42 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: EdnaMode
This is absurd - do they think he'll transmit coronavirus to a passing shark? The idiots who arrested him did far more to damage the concept of social-distancing than one surfer out enjoying the waves.

This coronavirus crisis is giving a lot of local politicians a taste of the power over people's lives that bureaucrats in East Germany used to have. It's going to be tough getting them to give up that power.
26 posted on 04/03/2020 9:30:39 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: EdnaMode

What about the homeless. Are they allowed to roam free? Not trying to be funny. Honestly wondering how they are enforcing that aspect.


27 posted on 04/03/2020 9:35:28 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: pnut22

Must not have been an “undocumented” dor gay or one with undecided sexual preferences.


28 posted on 04/03/2020 9:35:39 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (NYers fleeing NY are presumed to be infected. They should be tested/quarantined in any other state!)
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To: EdnaMode

The Governor here in NYS wants you to stay home and I constantly get NYSDEC emails telling me to go out and enjoy the great outdoors. LOL


29 posted on 04/03/2020 9:35:52 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: EdnaMode

The guy should have extended his workout and just paddled out. Stupid to stay near the shore/pier and come in there. Most paddleboarders do distance paddling.


30 posted on 04/03/2020 9:36:58 AM PDT by 1malumprohibitum
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To: EdnaMode

Food = necessity.
Playing in water = not

How hard is that to understand?


31 posted on 04/03/2020 9:36:59 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

I do think this is absurd, but on a normal 3-4’ swell day at Malibu there can be hundreds of people in the water. Do I think the possibility of transmission is very small even in these conditions? Yes. But if you allow one guy to go on a SUP why can’t everyone else be out there surfing? The videos going around online of the arrest are pretty crazy. The boats converging on him as he tries to escape under the Malibu pier.

My town shut down our beach and boardwalk to locals only. We are trying to keep the New Yorkers away. I normally surf a beach break with at most two or three other people even within several blocks of me. Our water temps are in the 40s so I don’t think I have to worry to much about crowded conditions like Cali.


32 posted on 04/03/2020 9:41:48 AM PDT by CollegeRepublican
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To: EdnaMode

He should have just taken off and forced them to get the boats and helicopters out. Have some fun.


33 posted on 04/03/2020 9:43:14 AM PDT by TalBlack
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To: Menehune56
There is a difference in dying FROM and dying WITH Wuhan Chinese virus. And there are rules doctors should be following.

Yesterday, California appeared to have low case numbers because of it's Social Distancing lockdown. Their numbers are too low to be believed. They have not counted test results.

Meanwhile, scientific method is being replaced by “wild was guessing.”

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-02/coronavirus-ocean-swimming-surfing-safe-beaches-los-angeles

34 posted on 04/03/2020 9:43:17 AM PDT by PsyCon
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To: Vaduz
Guess who won’t stay at home order it’s the all about me state. He’s a prime example of what s**t for brains looks like,par for California.

Partner, I have no problem with folks going out in the wilderness or any other place since that Fauci and Birx r the biggest idiots in the whole world.

It took me a while to find out that most folks that are dying live in retirement homes and most are over 60 years of age.

I will find out the % of folks dying in these retirement homes versus total folks dying from this Bud Lite virus.


I will also compare these numbers to folks that are dying of the actual Flu and take that as a percentage also.

"The Giant Sixth Grade Brain Political Journalists" should be giving the public these numbers but they will not.

35 posted on 04/03/2020 9:43:54 AM PDT by TheConservativeTejano (God Bless Texas...)
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To: EdnaMode
Check out all the gubbermint Brownshirts working hard for their money...

Lifeguards.
Deputies.
Patrol boat.
Booking people at the station.

36 posted on 04/03/2020 9:44:14 AM PDT by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

In Chicago the homeless have mostly just taken over the subway trains that nobody else is riding.

I did see on the way in today that one lady who had a little camp set up by an overpass downtown had her stuff cleared out since Monday. So maybe the cops are getting them off the streets.


37 posted on 04/03/2020 9:45:10 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: EdnaMode

Here’s someone with standing to sue over unconstitutional “orders.”


38 posted on 04/03/2020 9:45:50 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: EdnaMode

"If I say it's safe to paddleboard on this beach, then it's safe to paddleboard on this beach!"

39 posted on 04/03/2020 9:46:10 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: pnut22

Would be curios to see what woudl happen if anything, if 100’s of illegals or muslims all went out paddleboarding, and it was recorded and posted to youtube- would newsome arrest them? Would youtube censor the videos?


40 posted on 04/03/2020 10:04:00 AM PDT by Bob434
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