Woman jailed for defying lockdown. See what she told judge

[yuiyoshida]

[Midnight Writer]

1. The Governor of Texas is sticking up for her. Cranks stick together.

[tblue37]

2. No closed captioning. Could you summarize for us deafies? Thanks. nt

[LonePirate]

5. She was sentenced to 7 days for violating the lockdown. At her court date, she ...

Claimed the children of the stylists at her salon were going hungry and she refused to apologize for opening her salon. The state is easing lockdowns on Friday but she will still be in jail.

As I have stated before, if the federal government and state governments had guaranteed income and food security for Americans during the lockdowns, there would be far fewer incidents of people violating the lockdowns. That being said, if she was so concerned about the children of her staff, she would have helped them receive unemployment, for which they are eligible (regular benefits + $600 each week). I suspect that would have helped feed those children to some degree - certainly more so than what the stylists will make working at a near empty salon with their hours greatly reduced.

[tblue37]

6. Thank you. nt

[LudwigPastorius]

3. She played the Maude Flanders, "Think of the children!" card.

This is why she is (or, should be) treating her stylists as employees and paying into the unemployment insurance system.

My guess: "Her" stylists are gig workers who she couldn't actually care enough about to hire full time. She comes off as just a typical, Trump-humper who feels that rules in place to protect people's lives don't apply to her.

Hope you like the orange jumpsuit, Shel.

[ancianita]

4. Didn't hear the jail time. How long is she in the slammer for, again?

[Aussie105]

7. Perhaps

if her real concern was the starving children (*), she could have paid for the service, and asked for the actual work to be done when the lock-ins are lifted?

An envelope with money and a note in it would have done it. Or a bag of groceries left on the doorstep.

But methinks that's just an excuse. And not a good one.

(*) How many, what are their names? Or just fictitious reasoning?