and appearances on local TV and radio, these mostly Republican sheriffs have effectively blocked their governors’ orders. If they refuse to enforce their rules, it is unclear who else will.“Everybody should wear a mask when out public,” Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease specialist,
the Sacramento Press Club this week. “It should not be a political issue. It is purely a public health issue.”Wednesday, Inslee spoke out against the sheriffs objecting to his “Mask Up, Washington” campaign, saying that mask wearers should not be compared to “barnyard animals.”“We have to be disappointed in any law enforcement officer who would encourage illegal behavior,” Inslee said. Mask wearing, he added, “is about demonstrating our respect and care for the other people around us.
In North Carolina, at least 10 sheriffs this week said they would not be carrying out a similar directive from Gov. Roy Cooper . The minor nature of the offenses as well as a lack of resources, many said, meant they had more serious things to worry about.
in North Carolina, many of those who spoke out against Cooper’s mask order were white, male and Republican. But joining them was Paula Dance, the Democratic sheriff in Pitt County, who in 2018 was elected as the first black female sheriff in the state’s history.to residents of her county, in North Carolina’s mostly agricultural eastern end. “So many issues in 2020 have tried to divide us. I pray we prove once again that the people of Pitt County are better than this and can rise above the conflicts of elsewhere.
I bet he brushes his teeth like all the other sheep
Not very bright, these sheep.
Don’t Sheriff’s take an oath to uphold the laws of their state, county, city? Do they use the same COVID19 Mask mutiny mindset when they apprehend Black people? Seems like they want to operate under their own set of laws and be Judge/jury/executioner. BlackLivesMattters
Don't be a lemming. Look it up.
He should talk to the families of cops who have died of Covid-19.
Every officer rebelling against the policy to wear a mask should be terminated immediately. They are unstable.
HOPE WHAT HAPPEN TO THE SHERIFF IN AROZINA DON'T CREAP UP HIS PANTS
Take his badge
These people are beyond belief. They make all this fuss over wearing a mask that save their lives. Unbelievable!