He Enforced a Mask Mandate. He Wound Up Facing a Criminal Charge. — ProPublica
After parents protested a Webster, New York, masking policy, the security guard who tried to uphold the mandate was charged with harassment.
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After parents protested a Webster, New York, masking policy, the security guard who tried to uphold the mandate was charged with harassment.
The father spoke after the incident and said he wanted to address the board about mask mandates in schools.
Through covid at the beginning. when this was the epicenter. they were the heroes. carley: put their lives on the line. pete: remember when we sang the national anthem and sang to them hospitals. sorry about that. getting fired up. carley: banged pots and pans? the day after that video took place where that father was dragged out of the classroom is when kathy hochul lifted the mask mandate. hours later. how does that make sense. pete: every one of us could see ourselves sitting in that chair. we are used to it almost callus to the heavy handed reaction that parents get. he wasn't yelling or s...
Refuse to comply in not just a threatening but in case a violent manner. it extends to censorship and texas tends to canada. when you look at this, dave, and your moment and put it in the context of everything that's happening across not only america but the western world, what do you think the real take a&e way here? >> for me the take away is, the patients we don't have enough of a voice and a choice in what happens to our children at schools. there is too much political control and overreach. and if i could say anything to governor hochul it's remove the masks from our kids' faces and keep ...
This school board meeting? >> certainly. our understanding is that he is a retired law enforcement officer. and that he was working in his official capacity at the webster central school district as a security officer, in that situation that you see on the video, there is absolutely no legal right that that individual has to place his hands on my client the way he did. only a uniformed police officer effectuating a lawful arrest has the right to do it. there was no arrest there. there was no unlawful conduct by my client. you can see that he is entirely peaceful. just watching the board meetin...