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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Wow! California figured that out after a little over two years. Talk about slow on the uptake!
I notice the mobs of yutes who loot stores recently seem to be overly concerned about covid...
I will hereby file that article in my folder aptly named, "Duh!"
I get that it’s not a law. I am just waiting for someone (social justice group, judge-shopping, etc.) to *prevent* the owners from enforcing this guideline.
Yes. About mid-March 2020.
What good would that do.?? The crooks wouldn't get prosecuted even if they left their driver's license behind....
Since 2020, whenever a security video is posted showing someone robbing a business, shoplifting, or attacking people on the street, the perp is always wearing a mask. I am pretty sure that they are not wearing masks to avoid giving someone COVID.
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