Tarrant County votes it can fine, jail those who disobey emergency coronavirus orders

FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM ^ | MARCH 22, 2020 | KALEY JOHNSON

[eastexsteve]

Tarrant County officials voted to close non-essential businesses and impose civil penalties against those who disobey emergency plan orders on Sunday night.

Tarrant County Commissioners unanimously voted to close those businesses until at least April 5. That excludes businesses listed by the Department of Homeland of Security as “critical infrastructure.”

The first ruled if someone breaks an emergency order in the county’s emergency management plan, they can be fined up to $1,000 or jailed for up to 180 days. This also applies to businesses that are open against emergency orders.

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"Nothing is impossible anymore."

The new dark ages.?? Young people marauding and raiding the country side looking for booze and narcotics..?? Maybe a complete collapse of civil society as we know it.... Or not... :)

[vpintheak]

Every number I’ve crunched in America has put the death rate at around 1.2% for the last 4 days.
Scaredy cats will come up with all sorts of excuses why that isn’t right. But I think it’s actually high. This virus is out there in huge numbers and people are just living with it and moving on with their lives already.

[wastedyears]

Who needs rights?

[wastedyears]

I only have contempt for “the law.”

[wastedyears]

How can the death rate go down when the virus is still spreading around the country and world?

[Socon-Econ]

Are there any lawyers out there who can report on the legality and Constitutionality of these social isolation orders? Does the legality vary by state? I noticed that Governor Wolf has been getting some legal pushback in Pennsylvania.

[IrishBrigade]

‘I noticed that Governor Wolf has been getting some legal pushback in Pennsylvania.’

Wolf wanted to close down law offices, and was the first in the nation to shut down ongoing construction; that’s where the push back is coming from...just for the record, if you’re in PA, and you get a head cold just like the many that you’ve had over the years, and you want to get a bottle of brandy to alleviate the symptoms, you can plumb forget about it...

[WildHighlander57]

Thanks for posting this!

[SanchoP]

Here's the problem. The fear and panic by the MSM is starting to wear thin. I live in hurricane country and keeping the pantry and vehicle full is a habit so it's a joke to my neighbors. When they start imposing martial law over nothing the mood will change at the blink of an eye.
Personally,I'm ambivalent. Dying from a bad cold or defending my freedom,it's all the same to me.

[Rebelbase]

To stop the virus spread let us take people congregating outside and let them congregate in confined spaces inside.

Brilliant.

[Ron H.]

I only have contempt for “the law.”

For me my contempt is for the neanderthals morons that make these onerous and burdersome laws.

[zeugma]

I only have contempt for "the law."

For me my contempt is for the neanderthals morons that make these onerous and burdersome laws.

Why limit yourself? I have nothing but contempt for both, and will add in those who would enforce this illegal and unconscionable "law".

[eastexsteve]

Here's the problem. The fear and panic by the MSM is starting to wear thin. I live in hurricane country and keeping the pantry and vehicle full is a habit so it's a joke to my neighbors. When they start imposing martial law over nothing the mood will change at the blink of an eye. Personally,I'm ambivalent. Dying from a bad cold or defending my freedom,it's all the same to me.

I also live in "hurricane country" in a rural area, and I have the same preparedness habits as you. However, I would much rather die defending my freedom, than to die from a disease that I caught from some careless individual who thought they had a right to run around infecting everyone. I have a right to walk the street freely without fear of some individual putting my life in danger just because they thought they had a right to walk around freely with a highly infectious and potentially dangerous disease. Even if it doesn't kill me, I still don't want to be sick for two or three weeks.

[SanchoP]

I have a right to walk the street freely without fear of some individual putting my life in danger just because they thought they had a right to walk around freely with a highly infectious and potentially dangerous disease. Even if it doesn't kill me, I still don't want to be sick for two or three weeks.

NO,you don't. You have a right to self defense in any manner you see fit but your rights never ever supersede another individuals. That's known as tyranny.

[eastexsteve]

NO,you don't. You have a right to self defense in any manner you see fit but your rights never ever supersede another individuals.

Well then, I guess I could just shoot them, right?

[SanchoP]

Reading comprehension is not exactly your strength is it?
(I would have used "strong suit" but I was afraid you wouldn't understand it and sorry about "comprehension". I know it's a big word but I couldn't think of one three syllables or less although "supersede" only has three syllables and it's way over your head.)

No big deal. I have in-laws back in them woods and I run across this all the time. I even put "them" in just to make you feel at home. ;)

[Michael44.]

We won’t have a useful ratio until it is scored as resolved cases vs fatal cases.

[tbw2]

The judges issuing the north Texas mask mandates are not following them.

County Judges Disregard Their Own COVID Guidance
Citizens react to photos of Tarrant’s Glen Whitley and Dallas’ Clay Jenkins not practicing what they preach.
https://texasscorecard.com/metroplex/county-judges-disregard-their-own-covid-guidance/

[Fledermaus]

Man, if Tarrant county is gone we are doomed.