Government Covid-19 Abuse and Stupidity Tracker¶

2020-05-01

Alabama¶

March 31 st – Los Angeles Mayor, Eric Garcetti, asks residents to snitch on businesses that remain open and said, “Snitches get rewards.” https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/03/31/coronavirus-los-angeles-eric-garcetti-snitches-get-rewards/
April 2nd – Lone paddleboarder in Malibu ignored calls from lifeguards to leave the ocean and beach. He did not leave and was arrested. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/officials-paddleboarder-arrested-at-malibu-pier-for-flouting-state-stay-at-home-order/
April 4th – Encinitas police give 22 people citations for watching the sunset and picnicking near the beach. https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2020/04/04/deputies-issue-citations-to-22-people-watching-sunset-at-beach-in-encinitas/
April 17th – Officials in San Clemente, California, order 37 tons of sand poured over a skate park to deter people from congregating. Then people used the skate park for their dirt bikes. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/22/us/skate-park-sand-venice-san-clemente-trnd/index.html

April 8th – Matt Mooney, a former Colorado State Patrol Trooper, was arrested by police for playing t-ball with his daughter and wife. Social distancing allowed for groups 4 or smaller. He pled that case to the police and was arrested. https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-officer-arrested-park-throwing-ball-daughter-due/story?id=70032966
April 15th – Three men were arrested because they were visiting friends and would not leave. https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-arrests-coronavirus-stay-at-home-order-steamboat-springs

March 30th – Rodney Howard-Browne, pastor of megachurch The River at Tampa Bay Church, was arrested for holding church services. https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-pastor-arrest-church-service-coronavirus-tampa

April 21st – Sara Brady was arrested for staging a play-date protest at a closed park while under Governor Brad Little’s stay-at-home order. https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/woman-arrested-after-moms-stage-playdate-protest-over-idaho-stay-home-order#stream/0

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer orders police to record license plates of any church that opened its doors on Easter and any additional gatherings (One church opened in the entire state). https://myfox8.com/news/kentucky-police-told-to-record-license-plates-of-people-who-attend-easter-church-services/

April 11th – Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer bans visits to friends, family, and being able to travel to your own home (for those who owned more than one), after ordering all “non-essential” items taped off and not available for purchase. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michigan-stay-at-home-order-now-bans-visits-to-friends-relatives-governor-says

April 12th – Due to Greenville Mayor Erick Simmons, police issued tickets to drive-in churchgoers and told Pastor Arthur Scott that his rights had been revoked. The DOJ later got involved and the tickets were rescinded and drive-in church was allowed. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-mississippi-church

April 2nd – 15 people were charged for attending a funeral and not dispersing during Governor Phil Murphy’s stay-at-home order. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/15-people-charged-new-jersey-after-funeral-where-dozens-gathered-n1175066
April 15th – New Jersey governor Phil Murphy says weighing if his moves were constitutional is “above his paygrade” and he “wasn’t thinking of the Bill of Rights when he did this.” After Tucker Carlson asked him what gave him the authority to arrest people attending a funeral. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/above-my-pay-grade-new-jersey-governor-claims-bill-of-rights-did-not-factor-into-his-coronavirus-executive-orders

April 18th – Mayor Bill de Blasio encourages residents to take pictures of lines or crowds in the city and text them to the government. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/de-blasio-shredded-over-encouraging-new-yorkers-to-rat-out-social-distancing-violators

April 20th – Undercover officers in Laredo, Texas arrest two women running nail salon businesses from home. https://news.yahoo.com/undercover-officers-arrest-2-women-025418874.html
April 22nd – Harris County judge, Lina Hidalgo, orders people in county to wear masks in public for 30 days. https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Hidalgo-Harris-County-mask-order-30-days-COVID-19-15218998.php