Posted on 04/10/2020 4:24:59 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
SEPTA says it will no longer enforce a short-lived policy requiring riders to wear facial coverings after a widely shared video showing a man being dragged off a bus, allegedly for not wearing one, prompted confusion about whether masks were mandatory while riding public transit.
The video shows several Philadelphia police officers forcibly removing the man, who is later heard saying he was taken off the bus for not wearing a mask.
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"During a COVID-19 press briefing today Governor Tom Wolf recommended that all Pennsylvanians wear a mask any time they leave their homes for life-sustaining reasons." (emphasis mine)
From Gov. Wolf Calls for Universal Masking
Did I miss something? Since when has "recommended" meant "dragged off the bus by cops"?
I noticed this at the market today - the announcement about one-way aisles, face masks, etc. said it was being done to meet "requirements".
Forget it Jim,it’s Philly.
Taken 13 million one-dollar bills, put a special mark on 443 of them, mix them randomly and line them up end-to-end. The line of bills will be 1,231 miles in length, and stretch from Philadelphia to Oklahoma City. Now blindfold yourself, walk along that line, and stop at any point, then reach down and pick up a dollar bill. Your chance of picking up one of the 443 marked ones is the same as your chance of dying from Coronavirus in Pennsylvania.
What a disgraceful display by the Philly-gestapo! That SEPTA rider was in the right, and those ten jerko cops were "just following orders". I agree that that guy should sue the coffee out of all of those idiots, and they should at least all end up as unemployed paupers with suspicious coughs.
How did CDC "guidelines" mutate into mandates and "recommendations" morph into requirements?
what happened to the city of brotherly love?
Remind me not to take my family to Philadelphia any more. I lived there for 4 years while at Temple Un. (lived right on Broad just below Diamond St). I felt relatively safe when Chief Rizzo and his men were on the job.
After that, the city went to Hell and never recovered. It is a shame that my grandchildren will not be able to see Independence Hall and the surrounding area UNLESS my daughter and husband can Concealed Carry with an out of state permit (One’s a veteran of two wars; the other works prosecuting serious criminals - better shots than most police).
Seems that most people don't pay attention to details. If the loudspeaker says "requirements", well then it must be so.
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