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Can you really imagine the police confronting and/or arresting someone for not wearing a mask only to take them to jail to contract the virus?
by jhowell 6y ago
Can you really imagine the police confronting and/or arresting someone for not wearing a mask only to take them to jail to contract the virus?
- AlexandrB 6y agoThey're called fines. This is a total strawman.
- jhowell 6y agoWhat happens when people don't pay the fines? I am under the impression that a warrant for arrest would be issued by a Judge. At which point, I imagine you'd go to jail when apprehended. While in jail, my understanding is that there is an increased likelihood of contracting COVID due to lack of social distancing and ability to more easily follow recommend guidelines to prevent infection. Still seeing scarecrows?
- CerealFounder 6y agoWhat? I was implying punitive measures in general, but the logic on COVID in jail seems to be a bad one. If you can't be in public and respect the spread of the virus, at what point do we take you out of circulation until the danger has passed? The same argument can be made about violence. If you commit violence against another human you go to prison, but violence rates are significantly higer in prison, so are you implying we dont send them there? Also, my topline comment is getting CRUSHED. Very surprising.
- lozenge 6y agoThis is the US Police we're talking about here? https://theintercept.com/2020/04/03/nypd-social-distancing-arrests-coronavirus/ https://theintercept.com/2020/04/03/nypd-social-distancing-a...