Woman who refuses to wear mask arrested in West Boca
By Lisa J. Huriash and Rafael Olmeda
South Florida Sun Sentinel
Jan 15, 2021
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https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-anti-mask-activist-arrest-bagels-20210115-iybbbywtkjh4rnkguq4wasrgue-story.html
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A staunch opponent of wearing masks became the latest South Floridian to wind up behind bars over COVID-19 rules when she refused to cover her face inside a West Boca bagel shop, deputies say.
The mask showdown happened Thursday when Cindy Falco-DiCorrado, 62, of Boynton Beach, refused to cover her face inside an Einstein Bros. Bagels at 9795 Glades Road. She shouted at customers and employees about her right to stay mask-free and refused to leave the store, leading deputies to arrest her on a trespassing charge, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report.
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Falco-DiCorrado, who on social media has referred to the COVID-19 crisis as a “scamdemic,” now is invoking a religious exemption to wearing mask. She said, as a minister, she was at the bagel shop with a woman she was counseling. She wasn’t wearing a mask, and another customer started arguing with her about the mask and that’s when the drama began. “I just don’t wear a mask,” she said. “I can’t breathe. It suffocates me.” Falco-DiCorrado spent the night in jail and was released Friday afternoon. “It was an unbelievable horrific experience,” she said, adding that she had “no idea” she could get arrested.
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people can’t be arrested for not wearing the mask, said Broward County Mayor Steve Geller. But a business owner can request people leave for not following the rules, especially because a business can still be fined for not enforcing the mask mandate. The end result for noncompliance could be an arrest for trespassing, he said.
I love this line quoted from Malik Leigh, Pompano Beach attorney: “If there is an issue between health and welfare versus someone’s First Amendment rights, the
health and welfare will prevail,” he said. “You don’t get to put other people’s health, safety and welfare at risk just to exercise your freedom to be an [expletive].”
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