{"id":51863,"date":"2021-02-09T19:01:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T23:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=51863"},"modified":"2021-02-09T19:01:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T23:01:13","slug":"tampas-dense-democrat-mayor-actually-threatens-police-investigations-of-maskless-super-bowl-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=51863","title":{"rendered":"Tampa&#8217;s Dense Democrat Mayor Actually Threatens Police Investigations of Maskless Super Bowl Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tampa Mayor Threatens Police Investigations Of Super Bowl Fans Who Didn&#8217;t Wear Masks<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->by Paul Joseph Watson<br \/>\nSummit News<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mayor of Tampa has threatened Super Bowl fans who were seen outside at bars not wearing face masks with police investigations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/090221mayor1.jpg?itok=2O9FYd-Q\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/090221mayor1.jpg?itok=2O9FYd-Q\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/090221mayor1.jpg?itok=2O9FYd-Q\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"263\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"76a056f1-2037-4896-8f5c-33c17e69bdf1\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, really.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference, Mayor Jane Castor (D) said those who flouted the rules will be \u201cidentified\u201d by law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>We had tens of thousands of people all over the city; downtown, out by the stadium,<\/strong>\u00a0Ybor City, down here in Channelside, and very, very few incidents. I\u2019m proud of our community, but those few bad actors will be identified, and the Tampa Police department will handle it\u2026\u00a0<strong>There just has to be that level of personal responsibility.<\/strong>\u00a0You can supply everyone with a mask, advise them of the science behind it, and expect that they are going to abide by the mask order,\u201d said Castor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1358919035212226561&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Ftampa-mayor-threatens-police-investigations-super-bowl-fans-who-didnt-wear-masks&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1358919035212226561\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Castor had issued a temporary 2 week order mandating mask wearing in certain outside areas, with fines of $500 for those caught disobeying the mandate.\u00a0<\/strong>This clashed with a previous executive order issued by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis which prohibited local and city governments from issuing fines to anybody who refused to comply with a mask mandate.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor is threatening police action despite the fact that Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan told reporters last week that cops wouldn\u2019t be enforcing mask mandates aside from encouraging social distancing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_borderTop__2PX5m Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cWe really don\u2019t want to get into being the mask police,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>said Dugan.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of people not wearing masks outside at bars received attention after a CNN reporter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/02\/09\/video-cnn-mask-karen-freaks-out-calls-police-on-super-bowl-revellers\/\">complained<\/a>\u00a0about people \u201changing out at tables\u201d before calling the police in a panic for advice on what to do.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, NBC News also broadcast footage of people acting completely normally inside a grocery store in Naples, Florida, with host Shep Smith expressing horror at the sight of maskless shoppers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/embedded-video\/mmvo100487237927\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 * *<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/paul-joseph-watson-3\">New limited edition merch now available!\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/paul-joseph-watson-3\">Click here<\/a>. 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