SIMI VALLEY, CA – City officials for Simi Valley, California, has recently encouraged people to call police when they see someone walking through a business and not wearing a mask.
With all of the crimes associated with defunding the police in the liberal state, perhaps they should have contracted out with a social worker to handle a complaint that has no legal ramifications?
FACE MASKS: Businesses in Simi Valley can now call the police for backup if a customer refuses to comply with face mask requirements. https://t.co/wDiWJwvEKq pic.twitter.com/v5QinwQ0oX
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) November 5, 2020
Samantha Argabrite, the Deputy City Manager of Simi Valley, said:
“Businesses in Simi Valley who encounter individuals who will not adhere to store policies requiring face coverings may report those individuals for removal by contacting the Simi Valley Police Department.”
The city claimed that they made this announcement to allow the owners of the businesses some type of options when customers refuse to wear a mask. The hope is that the police officer that responds will be able to calm the customer and simply remove him or her from the situation.
Lol. Same people want the police defunded going to call the police because of no mask lol
— MmymBbq (@BbqMmym) November 5, 2020
The city said that the police department will respond and escort that person outside of the property. They also informed the businesses that whoever is found to be in violation of the order and escorted off of the property will not be subject to a citation.
Argabrit continued:
“As you would with anyone who would be belligerent or difficult inside your store.
Certainly we don’t want to have to arrest people and we certainly don’t want to have to escort people from businesses, but obviously the police will do what they have to within their powers to do to ensure they have a safe environment and that businesses and customers feel comfortable.”
The move is because of the current COVID requirements in the State of California imposed by the State Department of Health.
There, the law requires face coverings for people who are inside of places other than their homes, waiting in a line to enter a building, waiting or riding on any public transportation. The law also requires masks to be worn in any circumstances in which people are outside and cannot socially distance.
CBSN Los Angeles spoke to a local manager of a store, Dr. Conkey’s Candy and Coffee.
The manger, Susan Cooper, is happy that she has the ability to contact the Simi Valley Police in cases that her customers refuse to wear a mask. So far, she said that she has not seen any widespread issue of people being belligerent, but she has had to remind a few to put one on.
She said:
“Helpful for them [police] to take it down a notch and help the situation instead of us having to do that. We don’t have to work with someone who’s irate.”
While police often respond to calls of irate customers in businesses, and they mostly end peacefully, that is not always the case.
And with rigid opinions on both side of mask wearing, tempers can run high, like in Chicago, Illinois were two women are accused of brutally stabbing a security guard who asked them to put on masks.
In that incident, two women were approached by the store security guard who told them to wear their face masks. The women, who did not like being told what to do, argued with the guard. One of the women took out her cell phone and allegedly threatened to have someone come beat the guard up for her.
The guard tried to remove the cell phone from her hand to prevent her from doing so while the other jumped on top of the guard, allegedly brutally stabbing him 27 times. When the guard went down, the pair kicked him and taunted him while he was on the ground.
Amazingly, the guard, despite his wounds, was able to keep both women inside the store until police arrived and took them both into custody for attempted murder. Thankfully, it appears that the guard did not suffer any life-threatening injuries from the attack.
But, imagine for a moment, a case like this one happens in Simi Valley, and the police are forced to respond to the resistance offered by the suspect. What if, like in Philadelphia, the officers are forced to open fire because they are getting charged at with someone who is armed?
How will the city respond in that case?
October 31, 2020
CHICAGO, IL – Two women stand accused of brutally stabbing a security guard at a Snipes Clothing Store in Chicago after he asked them to wear masks and use hand sanitizer inside the store.
The incident occurred on October 25th when the security guard confronted the 18-year-old, Jayla Hill, and her older sister, 21-year-old Jessica Hill, for refusing to wear masks and use hand sanitizer in the store. When the pair refused to follow the store policy, the guard told them to leave.
Enraged that the guard was telling them what to do, Jayla allegedly took out her cell phone and told the 6 foot-5, 300-pound guard that she was calling someone to “kick his ass.” The guard then reached out to take the cellphone to prevent her from making the situation worse.
That’s when both Jessica and Jayla allegedly began attacking the guard. Surveillance video reportedly captured Jessica removing what authorities described as a “comb knife.” She began repeatedly stabbing the guard about his neck, back, and arms.
Jayla allegedly grabbed the guard’s hair to hold him while Jessica continued the savage attack.
The guard and an assistant manager of the store kept calling for the sisters to stop the attack. When the guard broke free, the women began kicking him in the head and body, according to reports. After the attack, the sisters allegedly began taunting the guard and calling him a “bitch.”
Despite his injuries, the guard kept the sisters inside the store until the police arrived on scene. The officers arrested the sisters on attempted murder charges. The guard was transported to the hospital for medical treatment. He suffered 27 stab wounds but did not require any surgery. Authorities have not released his name.
An attorney for the sisters claims the knife attack was an act of self-defense by the sisters.
Cook County Judge Mary Marubio, who oversaw the initial court proceedings, was quite concerned about the attack. Marubio mentioned the number of stab wounds inflicted on the guard saying it was concerning. She likened the number of wounds to something normally seen in a domestic violence case. She said:
“It’s the complete randomness of this. It’s terrifying. This is just too random and quickly escalating. I can’t fashion conditions that would protect the community.”
Marubio said she could not create bond conditions that could safeguard the community from the sisters. The judge ordered both held without bond.
A manager at a store nearby, Rosalyn Frazier, spoke to the Chicago Sun-Times about the incident after hearing about it from co-workers. She said:
“I’m kind of wary because we often have to tell customers to wear their masks, and they get irate and don’t want to do it. We had a customer the other day that didn’t want to wear a mask and we needed to call the police. It’s crazy.”
Frazer spoke of frustration over this event and the need to tell people to wear their masks inside the store. She said:
“We just got to work together. And if we don’t, we are going to be locked down again and be out of work for another four months.”
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