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California store bans masks after thieves use them to avoid identification
Fox news ^ | August 20, 202 | Adam Sabes

Posted on 08/20/2022 2:47:20 PM PDT by conservative98

One store in Beverly Hills, California is banning visitors from wearing masks, citing the recent wave of robberies in which employees have been unable to identify thieves because their faces were covered.

The owner of the boutique clothing store, Kitson, said he has noticed a "disturbing" trend of people using masks to avoid detection , according to FOX 11.

"The mask mandate may have begun as a health precaution but we believe it is now being used by some people for nefarious purposes. To that end, we enacted our own mandate of sorts," Fraser Ross said. "We do not allow the wearing of masks in the store during regular business hours. Those people who wish to wear masks are free to set up an appointment for a personal shopping experience or visit our website."

A sales associate at the store also said that the recent crime wave at the store has stopped some people from shopping there.

"This is not something we wanted to do, but it's what we have to do to keep the safety of our employees and our assets," Santos Hemenway said.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: anthonyfauci; biden; california; covidstooges; crime; fauci; gavinnewsom; kitson; masks; obamacare; pelosi; smashandgrabs; vaccinemandates
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To: conservative98

Existing sign “You Must Wear A Mask to Enter” just needs Sharpie change to “You Cannot Wear A Mask to Enter.”

On a really early Glenn Beck radio appearance, the newly off Fox Bill O’Reilly was asked about the brand new Covid mask rulings.
Beck: “So, Bill, will you wear a mask now?”
O’Reilly: “Only when I’m holding up a Seven-11.”

Not so funny now.


21 posted on 08/20/2022 3:06:51 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: conservative98
Joey Zasa's hench men don't like masks, either.


22 posted on 08/20/2022 3:07:05 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: Jane Long

Nice.


23 posted on 08/20/2022 3:08:25 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: Col Frank Slade

As the cops blankly stare at mobs of thugs breaking display cases, kicking staff members and stealing high end jewelry and electronics as they run outside and jump into SUVs and off to “no arrests” safety. And carefree wealth.


24 posted on 08/20/2022 3:09:48 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: conservative98

I’m waiting for a judge to rule this illegal. The reasoning being people have the right to “protect” themselves in a time of a pandemic (it hasn’t been declared over).


25 posted on 08/20/2022 3:12:57 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: max americana

Maybe they thought it would keep them from being smash and grabbed.

Not saying that’s good....just sayin’.

My fave slippers are from there :-)


26 posted on 08/20/2022 3:13:04 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: conservative98

You mean someone just figured this out? My bank used to have a sign asking for no sunglasses and ball caps to customers - let alone face masks, way before the covid hoax.


27 posted on 08/20/2022 3:22:07 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Louis XVI of France and I share a common ancestor, but I still have my head.)
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To: conservative98

I loved our local banks. All of them had signs telling people not to wear things like hats, hoods, sunglasses or ski masks so your face wouldn’t be obscured for security cameras.
Right next those signs? “A facemask is required to enter this business.”
You can’t make this stuff up.


28 posted on 08/20/2022 3:32:21 PM PDT by Restless
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To: conservative98
A year and a half ago, Kitson displayed posters in its windows denouncing Anthony Fauci, Gavin Newsom an others as hypocrites for their "do as I say, not as I do" attitude. I went over there at the time to join some patriots in supporting them.

Click on the link below to watch a five-minute video:

Kitson Window Display Blasts Fauci, Pelosi, Hunter Biden, CA Governor Newsom and LA Mayor Garcetti

29 posted on 08/20/2022 3:36:12 PM PDT by Rufii
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To: conservative98

Good. Interesting that it’s CA.


30 posted on 08/20/2022 3:38:39 PM PDT by livius
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To: Rufii

Good business owner. Brave to speak out these days.


31 posted on 08/20/2022 3:41:43 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

What was old is new again.


32 posted on 08/20/2022 3:44:01 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: conservative98
"The mask mandate may have begun as a health precaution but we believe it is now being used by some people for nefarious purposes.

Who couldn’t see that one coming?

33 posted on 08/20/2022 3:47:40 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: Jane Long

I like it.

I’ll have to give it a try.


34 posted on 08/20/2022 3:49:18 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: conservative98

All leftists are criminals.


35 posted on 08/20/2022 3:49:29 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: Jane Long

“My fave slippers are from there :-)”

I think I know what it is. Either starts with an S’ or F’. There’s a jewelry store around a hundred steps away from Kitson that was robbed in broad daylight by ghetto animals. They too had a BLM sign. I’m guessing these geniuses don’t read the pattern here..


36 posted on 08/20/2022 3:50:17 PM PDT by max americana (Fired leftards at work since 2008 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
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To: conservative98

I’m laughing so hard.


37 posted on 08/20/2022 3:51:53 PM PDT by karnage
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To: conservative98

Full circle. Only took 2-1/2 years of hell. The govt. can FO.


38 posted on 08/20/2022 3:57:09 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Let’s Go, Brandon! )
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To: Bubba_Leroy

“The first time I put on a mask to enter a bank”

Yes I recall signs at most banks forbidding masks, hats, sunglasses, hoodies, etc inside the bank.

Then they told me I had to wear a mask to enter and I was like “Make up your minds already” lol


39 posted on 08/20/2022 4:00:10 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: CatOwner

Except it’s not a law. It’s a personal decision of a store owner who wants to stay in business. You don’t have to shop there. And he/she also doesn’t have to keep the store open if they’re continuing to lose money because of masked bandits.


40 posted on 08/20/2022 4:01:25 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Let’s Go, Brandon! )
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