A man was cited outside a Florida supermarket after undercover plainclothes officers busted him for wearing his face mask incorrectly.
The incident happened this week outside a Publix in North Miami Beach.
The man, Dean Gonzalez, who was wearing a mask when he was confronted by police, insists he wasnt trying to violate mask orders and argues he was entrapped.
It was like a trap, Gonzalez toldLocal10.com. It was a mask trap.
According to Gonzalez, he was speaking with officers when the mask moved beneath his nose.
That was enough for the officer to threaten Gonzalez with arrest, reports Local10.
In cell phone footage taken by Gonzalez documenting the incident, a masked man displaying a badge tells Gonzalez he can either receive a citation or go to jail.
You have to wear it properly, the officer told him. If youre not wearing it properly, its like youre not wearing it at all.
Gonzalez was taken aback by the citation and criticized officers overzealous enforcement.
Use a little more common sense than ticketing people with masks on their actual face. Why dont you go after people who have no mask? he said.
On Wednesday, Miami-Dade county increased penalties for mask violations, with first and second time offenders being fined $100 instead of $50, and third time violators facing $500 fines. The countys mask order does not, however, state a requirement that masks must be worn over a persons mouth and nose.
Thats nothing compared to Glendale, California, where first time offenders face fines of $400, $1,000 for a second offense, and a whopping $2,000 for a third violation.
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It was like a trap, Gonzalez toldLocal10.com. It was a mask trap.
According to Gonzalez, he was speaking with officers when the mask moved beneath his nose.
That was enough for the officer to threaten Gonzalez with arrest, reports Local10.
In cell phone footage taken by Gonzalez documenting the incident, a masked man displaying a badge tells Gonzalez he can either receive a citation or go to jail.
Overzealous? Add to that capricious, vindictive, petty.
That you fail to see that only further displays your submissive obedience to the Fauci cult.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning. Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.