Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy.
In a small victory for a reasoned, proportional response to the coronavirus, the state of Texas will no longer imprison people convicted of violating state-mandated social distancing rules:
“Throwing Texans in jail who have had their businesses shut down through no fault of their own is nonsensical, and I will not allow it to happen,” [Gov. Greg] Abbott, a Republican, said in a press release Thursday. “That is why I am modifying my executive orders to ensure confinement is not a punishment for violating an order.”
Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther was sentenced to seven days in prison for contempt of court after violating the state’s social distancing rules. Luther received a cease and desist letter on April 28 after Luther reopened the doors to her business, “Salon a la Mode.” Luther opened her doors anyway and resumed business – after publicly tearing up the cease and desist letter.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick paid Luther’s fine. But Luther was also fortunate her arrest, which the Texas Attorney General called a “political stunt” didn’t turn violent.
New York police and departments elsewhere are facing investigations into the violent arrests of alleged social distancing violators, the bulk of whom are minorities or residents of less affluent areas.
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Why put people in jail over something like that when they are letting criminals out because of the virus? That is insane.
exactly!
Thank goodness Texas is short on liberals and long on intelligent, pragmatic conservatives!
Glad one state stopped this insanity
Texas usually uses good sense but not right now. Texas needs to be open entirely and not require distancing or masks. Use your heads!! Turn the people loose., This is insane . Listen to Dr. Erickson in CA on Youtube.
If have positive in nursing homes then treat all with hydroxychloroquin treatment and go on with life. That is how yu don’t have epidemics in nursing homes.
A governor has no authority to order you to do or not do anything. This is a huge overreach. I am praying that common sense prevails.
Here is something to consider: according to Amos 3:6 KJV (b) it says…shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? We SEE here that GOD Himself is taking credit for doing this EVIL in a city! I’ll give you another thing here to set this thing in stone: SEE 1 Sam 16:14 and 15, it says …an EVIL spirit from the Lord troubled him and in vs 15 it says …an evil spirit from GOD troubleth thee. Job 37:13 KJV gives the reason GOD Himself sends hurricanes and tornadoes and the like! GOD HIMSELF takes credit for these events and disasters and someone is deceiving you IF you will NOT see that these correctional events are meant to punish and correct etc the people of GOD, and His children! Better learn this!! It will continue! the beatings continue until the lesson is learned! WE “ALL” can learn something here!!