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People were not shot for leaving their homes without masks. People were shot (innocent bystanders, in one case) during brawls that ensued after being confronte
by zaroth 6y ago
People were not shot for leaving their homes without masks.
People were shot (innocent bystanders, in one case) during brawls that ensued after being confronted for not wearing masks.
I don't know if anyone died from those altercations in 1918, but at least one similar event unfolded in 2020 where a 73 year old man was shot and killed by police;
https://www.cp24.com/news/fatal-police-involved-shooting-started-with-assault-call-over-mask-at-ontario-grocery-store-opp-1.5025475 https://www.cp24.com/news/fatal-police-involved-shooting-sta...
- reissbaker 6y agoYour example seems quite different from 1918. In 1918, people were shot when police started a confrontation over their refusal to wear masks. In your example, a man who refused to wear a mask also started assaulting people at a store (because he was angry that they wouldn't service him without a mask), and the police were called only once the assaults started. Then he was shot — because he was assaulting people, not because he refused to wear a mask.