Posted on 02/21/2021 10:41:34 AM PST by simpson96
A 41-year-old Ellenbrook man has been arrested and charged for refusing to wear a mask on the first day of Western Australia’s five-day lockdown.
Police allege the man was not wearing a mask outside a shopping centre on Great Eastern Highway in Midland and refused to when directed by officers.(snip)
“The rule is, if you’re outside your own home, the only time that you can’t, or are permitted to be about in the community is if you are the sole occupant driving a vehicle or if you are exercising and swimming at the time.”(snip)
“If you’re not going to wear a mask and one is available, you will get fined. This is not an excuse for you to say, ‘I don’t want to wear a mask’.”
A WA Police spokesman said the initial interaction with the man was to ensure he was aware of the legal requirement to wear a face mask in public.
“When it was established he did not have a face mask, he was offered one for free by the officers to assist him comply with the legal requirement,” he said.
“At that stage there was no intention to arrest or charge the man. However, once it was confirmed the man was aware of the legal requirement, had the ability to now comply with that legal requirement, and that he continued to fail to comply the direction, the officers acted in the best interest of the community and arrested him.”
The 41-year-old man was charged with failure to comply with a direction and failure to comply with request to give police personal details.
He appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court on Monday and was refused bail. He will next appear in the Midland Magistrates Court on February 19.
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Death camps coming soon.
I used to admire the Aussies for their independent spirit.
Time for a nationwide anti mask revolt I suspect.
So someone in Australia has a brain and told them to pound sand. Good for him. Now the rest of the world needs to tell the establishment to get bent.
‘Now the rest of the world needs to tell the establishment to get bent.’
will never happen, never; too many frightened females and lazy men, and too many politicians and their cops enjoying their power trips...
Lots of covid-cowards in Australia. Very sad indeed.
Also lots of municipalities looking to make some quick bucks by fining non-maskers.
If that doesn't work to make them move on to someone else I simply reply, "No, thank you" ... or I walk out rather than cause a scene (it's not worth it and it's their playground).
If it's another customer or some other busybody who tells me to "put your mask on" I don't respond; I just ignore them as if they are irrelevant ... which they are ... at least to me.
Cheers!
Yep, in the United States too. It is ALL on the fast track now in the USA and worldwide.
Your tagline is so true, and you should add the CIA and feds. to your tagline because they are too/do the same things.
More about your tagline:
The only difference is that the CIA has ALWAYS been and continues to be communists, posing as saviors.
The CIA ALWAYS have been and continue to be DR. JEKYLLS AND MR. HYDES.
Western Oz was the home of Breaker Morant. WTH has happened? I think the Aussie spirit died when Rod Ansell, the real Crocodile Dundee was gunned down by police for defending his God-given right to keep and bear arms in 1999. As a people, they have become compliant sheeple.
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