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I also live in NYC, and the total closure of the city is clearly something that infringed on peoples' rights. The inability of people to earn a living was prett
by ch4s3 4y ago
I also live in NYC, and the total closure of the city is clearly something that infringed on peoples' rights. The inability of people to earn a living was pretty serious. Freedom of assembly is written into the 1st amendment, and the city was literally arresting people for congregating outside in parks. This was especially prevalent in the Bronx in the spring of 2020. Bill de Blasio was literally having police arrest people for being near each other outside and cramming them into over crowded jails in the name of COVID safety, just think about that for a moment.
[EDIT] For anyone who doesn't believe me, see this article from the NYT in 2020[1].
[1]https://web.archive.org/web/20220731150232/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/nyregion/nypd-social-distancing-race-coronavirus.html https://web.archive.org/web/20220731150232/https://www.nytim...
- weakfish 4y agoCan you provide a source for those claims? I’m not arguing; genuinely curious.
- ch4s3 4y agoHere's an article from 2020 in the NYT[1] talking about it. The article includes this gem: >Another dispute between officers and residents of the same predominantly black neighborhood over the guidelines led to a man being knocked unconscious. The resident in question was sitting on his own stoop. [1]https://web.archive.org/web/20220731150232/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/nyregion/nypd-social-distancing-race-coronavirus.html https://web.archive.org/web/20220731150232/https://www.nytim...