Mask protest demonstrations held
Kevin Wilson
Liam Castillo, 5, left, and Leighton Castillo, 10, hold up a sign during Tuesday s protest of mask requirements at public schools.
Demonstrations on Saturday in Portales and on Tuesday in Clovis protested state education policies that require students, especially in elementary schools, to wear masks in response to changing guidance on COVID-19 prevention. Parents need a choice about whether their children should wear masks at school, said Nicole Tivis, organizer of the Portales event. We shouldn t have it shoved down our throats.
About 50 protestors gathered Saturday in front of the Roosevelt County Courthouse before spreading out along East Second Street, some carrying hand-lettered signs that carried anti-masking messages like Let our children breathe. Science not Politics.