Resentment, violence against retail workers increasing in mandatory mask states. First death is security guard shot in back of head at Flint, MI doll

[Emily]

A couple of the people involved may still be at large, including the shooter.
https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/20...g-of-flint-security-guard-over-face-mask.html

https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-g...y-masks-flash-point-violence-amid-coronavirus
"Six weeks into a state lockdown, “people are feeling the cabin fever, and I think they’re going to take it out in this way if we keep going,” said Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton, who on Monday filed criminal charges against three family members accused in the Flint shooting."

Illinois:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politi...-store-mask-requirement-coronavirus-retailers
Front-line face-offs: Mask rule sparks threats, rebellion, shouting at store workers: ‘And we can’t do anything about it’
"They’ve also had to deal with “a very large man” carrying a hunting knife through a DeKalb store, an “irate” man threatening to shoot a worker at a Romeoville store, and even a police officer making a “political protest” at a shop in Peoria — each of them bare-faced in rebellion against state requirements for shoppers to wear face coverings."

"Another DeKalb confrontation allegedly ended with an enraged customer yanking the glasses off one worker’s face and him throwing “a cantaloupe bowl in the direction of another associate.”"

 

[Emily]

Three teens shot - one more with a head injury!

https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/loc...cle_f4cdd836-d14d-573b-9e35-768f0f3953ca.html

OKC police: Woman arrested after shooting at McDonald's workers who said lobby was closed

• From Staff Reports
• May 6, 2020

Police said Woody, 32, entered the restaurant and was told the dining area was closed. When Woody refused to leave, she got into a physical altercation with an employee and was forced out, according to a social media post.

Woody then allegedly came back with a handgun and fired about three rounds; one employee was hit in the arm, a second was hit with shrapnel in the neck/shoulder, and a third worker was hit with shrapnel in the side.

Injuries to the four employees, including a head injury suffered by the worker Woody initially confronted, were non-life threatening. Three were hospitalized. All the workers were reportedly 18 or younger.

Off duty policeman available to intervene in next case.

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending...wear-mask-walmart/ULP4KTMV4FFKTOJGHLC2VI6PRI/

By: Kelli Dugan, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Updated: May 8, 2020 - 1:30 AM
ROEBUCK, Ala. — A woman who refused to wear a face mask inside an Alabama Walmart and was body-slammed by an off-duty police officer after she became combative is facing multiple charges related to the Tuesday night incident.

...BPD would like to address the facts of the incident and resolve rumors and misinformation regarding the incident. The officer only attempted to contact the individual after hearing and witnessing the individual’s disorderly conduct stemming from an encounter with a Walmart employee. The individual was not charged with any violation of the face covering ordinance and BPD maintains an educational approach to the ordinance.

Posted by Birmingham Police Department, Alabama on Thursday, May 7, 2020

 

[Emily]

The video documents some really nasty threats. WA state should have automatically redacted personally identifying information. Our state has a very good public disclosure law but it is resented by some in the governement, so while they redact identifying information for their employees, they won't do it for citizens even when it is obvious they should do so.

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/do...tay-at-home-order/NQOGXLUODVBSRP7VI4HLXQF6LI/

FBI investigating death threats against people who reported violations of governor’s ‘Stay Home’ order
Dozens receiving threats after reporting violators of the governor?s stay-at-home order
By: Gary Horcher
Updated: May 8, 2020 - 10:41 PM

WASHINGTON — The website that Governor Inslee encouraged people to file specific complaints about businesses violating the state’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” directive clearly said on the top, “All the information collected at this site is considered public.”

But some people who are receiving death threats tell KIRO-7 they never saw that disclaimer, so they felt secure leaving their names and contact information.

Now the victims of email and phone harassment told KIRO-7 the FBI is investigating death threats made against them...