U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams will appear in court via Zoom on Wednesday after receiving a citation for illegally entering a park in Hawaii that had been closed due to COVID-19.
Really, $5000 or prison. Seems excessive no matter who.
Walking while black?
Rules for Thee but Not for Me.
Surely the closure was posted???
Trump filled out his quota of black people giving them irrelevant and easy to ignore offices, this guy as Surgeon General has been a joke , not even at the table for the pandemic decisions. Same with keep forgetting about him HUD secretary.
This is the first year I have not been able to go to Hawaii because of Covid-19. All the other years I couldnāt afford it.
There was an article about him in the NYT a few months ago that said he was a fairly independent voice and in Indiana tried to nudge Pence to a saner place on public health issues, particularly the needle exchange program. As usual when youāre in the Trump orbit the sense of reason is whatever Trump touches dies.
Hawaii has done pretty well with the virus, by American standards. Their island status helped, but so do real rules, enforced. Their only fuckup was a few months ago when they let tourists back in, but theyāve gotten their numbers back down since, but not as good as they were pre-tourist bump.
BTW, New Yorkās fine for incomers failing to quarantine is $10,000.
To be fair to the police, no one would expect the Surgeon General to violate a health ordinance in a public park, and they probably thought they were just citing a random black citizen. Cuz, you knowā¦
Skin colorās got nothing to do with it. Theyāve been hammering rule breakers of all types. The true idiots are the newlyweds who just have to take their preplanned vacation and skip out on quarantine to visit the (closed) beach. Turns into the honeymoon of house arrest.
Not really. Sometimes you have to carry a really big stick and use it to convince folks you actually mean business.
Appear in court?
Does that make him a sucker, a loser, or both?
Nobody who matters appears in court anymore.
This story broke about a month ago, and heās been straight up apologetic, and saying he will not fight it.
If I told a teacher āBut I didnāt knowā¦ā in grade school, he/she would respond right quick āIgnorance is no excuse under the law.ā I somehow donāt think this was a case of āwalking while Blackā. I suspect he thought heād get away with it. Jerome is that kinda dude, doncha know?
FTW.
Heās lucky he wasnāt in Canadaā¦
A Kentucky man accused of breaking Canadaās coronavirus rules ā twice ā could be forced to pay a $569,000 fine ($750,000 Canadian), spend up to six months in prison, or both.
You might want to have a conversation with Mueller, who somehow concluded exactly the opposite regarding Jr. and accepting foreign assistance that was explicitly stated to be on behalf of the russian government and their support of Donaldā¦
So heās both!
Does skin color ever have nothing to do with it?