Posted on 03/16/2020 7:03:24 PM PDT by lightman
Hours after Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced sweeping executive orders Monday to restrict public gatherings and business operations due to the new coronavirus, state police and local law enforcement agencies said they were prepared to arrest those who deliberately flout the directives....
...Officers, who are being instructed to record gatherings via their body-worn cameras, will be empowered to break up large gatherings of more than 50 people at all venues in the county, and officials also have the authority to further reduce the number.
... The enforcement of the order prohibiting gatherings or events of 50 or more people at all locations and venues will be primarily complaint-driven, said Sean Naron, a spokesman for Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.'s administration. Naron said people should call 911 if they see violations of the executive order.
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
The children's Winnie the Pooh movie "Tigger and the Jagular" explains it all.
This virus can be easily fought off with lowered metabolism. Total bullsht.
We are being probed and tested. Be sensible but pushback is important when appropriate. If not, the new norm will not include freedom to assemble.
That's the only way he would have these powers.
600 people work at my facility. I am violating the law by going to work? Ok then, no more toilet paper. Over 100 tons a day. I don’t want to run afoul of the law.
this nation has gone completely crazy....
Coincidentally I was with a Muslim today as he owns the biggest ralph lauren store in LA and overheard that they won’t have their meetings bec of the wuhan virus..
Dennis Prager predicts that if the Dems take the White House, Senate, and House in the fall, that they will site Climate Change as the “emergency” requiring extreme measures.
I’d love to.
Maryland lawyers are salivating for the first person to contract the disease in jail for being out late...
Hogan is the reason the Founders gave us the Second Amendment.
Agreed on all points.
I don't know - a $100,000 wedding sounds pretty crazy! LOL
Ive heard the American press if far more alarmist than the Canadian press right now
Hanging around on FR and watching cable news will absolutely give you the wrong impression.
Well realistically I figure it’s worth whatever they have to do to keep our medical system from crashing. People hanging out in large groups on the streets generally are up to no good anyway in the cities.
Take a look at which states are restricting your access - mostly those controlled by Democrats! Take heed!!
Maybe we could have an ACCIDENTal meeting there.
Yuck yuck
That is why we have the 2A. Question is, do we use it or do we just take it?
As I said before, this will last until it turns out too many black gatherings are getting broken up. The order will be modified or abandoned.
This is really getting alarming. Not the potential virus but the potential violence by the “protectors”. WTH??
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