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Originally Posted by Candirockstar
Did you not read the entire article?
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I was commenting on the video, which you already knew.
In the video the guy that was filming said
nothing about the cop telling them to take off the masks. He did, however, say that the cop had told him that he could not video tape, which the guy continued to do.
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Do you know the law? The police department ADMITTED that the officer told them they could not wear masks and that that was 100% WRONG.
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What was wrong was the cop had said wearing a mask violated a city ordinance. It was not a city ordinance that prohibits wearing a mask, it violates state law to wear a mask in public and in stores. So yes, they were violating state law by wearing masks, and, violating state law by video taping in public without asking the other shoppers in the store if they were okay with being filmed. (perhaps you should be asking yourself the "do you know the law" question..yeah, your snark attempt backfired on you)
From the article .....
"....the officer who approached them and said a Wood River city ordinance prohibits people from wearing masks in businesses."
"The officer told the two a city ordinance prohibited the masks. A city ordinance does not exist which would prohibit the two from wearing a mask. An Illinois law does prohibit the wearing of a mask, hood, or device to conceal the identity of the wearer from a peace officer with the intent to conceal his or her identity from a peace officer in which any portion of the person’s face is hidden, concealed, or covered on any public way, public place, or property, or on any private property, without first having obtained the written permission from the owner or occupier of the property."
"Wood River Police Chief Brad Wells said...adding the incident took place before there were a lot of people wearing surgical masks in public."
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Also it is NOT illegal to film on duty police officers. Additionally, Walmart was not even involved in this debacle, technically. THE POLICE OFFICER FOLLOWED THEM INTO THE STORE.
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I never said it was illegal to tape officers who are on duty, I said "people".
Are you saying there were no people , who were not cops, walking around inside the store?
That they did not capture the images, and possibly some conversation, of those people?
Who said the cop followed them into the store?
Apparently he tried to ID them but they refused.
Even if he did follow them into the store, he had told them they couldn't tape, which they continued to do.
He told them it was illegal to wear the masks, which they continued to do... well, up until the time the cop had stopped following them.
Are you saying that they specifically tried to bait the cop?
How many of the other customers do you see on that video who were wearing masks?
I saw only one other, an older white woman. And guess what, the cop stopped walking behind the guy taking the video to speak with her ... probably telling her she couldn't wear her mask in the store, too.
Anyway, apparently the guy in the video did file a complaint. We will have to wait and see what comes of it. And, I would be interested to know IF the cop told that white woman to take her mask off. If he did then he was not singling out the guy taking the video. And, it would be good to know if at the time of this incident the governor had relaxed the state law about wearing masks in public, in stores, etc. along with making sure the police departments around the state were aware of it.
So, get back to us with more info after the investigation is complete.
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