Family says they were mocked, police called after requesting mask usage at funeral home

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In Lafayette, LA, family burying a father who died of COVID wants the funeral home to enforce the state mask law. Mocking and police involvement ensues:

Family says they were mocked, police called after requesting mask usage at funeral home
While mourning the loss of a loved one to COVID-19, one Lafayette family says they were mocked at a funeral home for asking others to wear masks.
theadvocate.com
6:02 PM · Jan 23, 2021

https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/coronavirus/article_2605ada2-5b6e-11eb-a5c1-f380a070c632.html

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Beyond disgusting.

[sheshe2]

2. No words.

[Midnight Writer]

3. Went to visitation of a friend who died of Covid. Got there, and guess what? No masks.

None of her family, friends, coworkers, not one person in a mask except me.

She had requested donations to the local Animal Shelter. I put my check in the envelope there, and just left. Spoke briefly to her son who I ran into just outside the funeral home.

[peacebuzzard]

4. what a tragedy to go through.

what is wrong with people who do not respect the science of the simple prevention.

[Deuxcents]

5. So disrespectful

He died of a virus his family is trying to keep them safe from..I don’t get it. My cousin died of Covid n pneumonia complications just Monday. We are not having a service now. We’ll get together later n celebrate her but we feel now is not the time as some people may act like some of these people. We would hope not but.. this family didn’t expect this, I’ll bet. So sad.

[ShazzieB]

6. This is absolutely shameful.

That feneral home does not deserve to stay in business.

Does saying stories like this one make me deeply grateful to live in a blue state mean I'm a terrible person? Because they do, and I am grateful.

[Mariana]

7. Martin & Castille Funeral Home, Lafayette, Louisiana.

[blueinredohio]

8. I also went to a funeral this summer and very few masks.

No social distance whatsoever at the funeral home. If I had known that I wouldn't have went.