Posted on 04/22/2020 7:55:12 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
The Houston Police Officers’ Union unleashed on liberal Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo for imposing a “Draconian” mask order.
“Now we want to be very clear, HPOU believes everyone should be wearing a mask in public, in order to protect themselves from the virus and we are encouraging all of our officers to wear a mask. However, we draw the line…” the police union said in a Twitter post.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, a “proud progressive,” on Wednesday will be making it mandatory for anyone over the age of 10 to wear a mask in public in response to the Coronavirus panic.
Democrat Judges, Mayors and Governors are using the Coronavirus as a vehicle to impose authoritarian, unconstitutional orders.
Lina Hidalgo is drunk on power and she actually believes she has the authority to force Americans to cover their faces, the First Amendment be damned.
The Houston Police Officers’ Union called Hidalgo’s mask order “idiotic” and “possibly unconstitutional.”
“Our officers work every single day to bridge the gap with our community and earn their trust, we will not stand idly by and allow Hidalgo to tear that bridge down, with her horrific leadership and echo chamber decision making,” HPOU president Joe Gamaldi said.
The HPOU said it contacted the Attorney General’s office “seeking an opinion on the legality of imposing a criminal penalty/fine for anyone not wearing a mask in public.”
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Columbia
Yes, the 29 year old little girl is from Colombia.
i’ve been going everywhere without a mask on staten island. Ran into cops at a deli and they said nothing.
I guess some places are enforcing more than others.
Thank you HPOU!
Since when do judges write laws?
In Pennsylvania it is the business owners who are the enforcers because THEY are the ones who get cited.
They can order you to leave. If you don’t it is “defiant trespass”.
She's not a judge in the classical sense of the term. It's just a title.
That's a holdover from the Texas Republic.
County Executives are called "Judges".
Administrative, not judiciary.
Three of ‘em.
Well, just saying, we have all been wearing face masks in Vietnam since January. It has been required, legally, for everyone for the last month.
I know, it is Vietnam. I get that.
But there have been NO new coronavirus cases in the entire country, reported for several days.
This lady was elected with help from Soros’s election fund. And gradually-changing demographics.
We had a good judge in Republican Ed Emmett. Way too many voters got angry that Emmett let Hurricane Harvey hit us. They would have voted for an orange traffic cone. Now we have to listen to little Lina whine and preach at us.
Not wearing a mask will get you a $5,000 fine and a year in prison here.
And where, pray tell, is "here"?
If everyone wears masks, it reduces the person-to-person transmission rate to 1.5%.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10159962605228289&set=gm.535956310447918&type=3&theater
This is a no-brainer.
Honolulu
...Since when do judges write laws...
It’s a Texas thing. The County “Judge” in Texas is the presiding officer of the County government in Texas.
That body is called the County Commissioners “Court.”
In the old days, they were more traditional Judges. Not so much anymore.
Now we’ve got judges handing down health regulations. Next thing you know, meter maids will be serving felony warrants.
Funny how I posted this as a comment in a thread earlier today. 43 comments later and not one person replied to it.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3837878/posts?page=10#10
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