Deputies had to break up fights at a Florida school district office that announced a mask mandate

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Fists were "flying" and doctors were "shoved" on Monday after a mask mandate was announced at the Lee County School District board meeting in Florida, reports NBC News affiliate NBC-2. Sheriff's deputies were called in to break up the fights.

The majority of parents who spoke at the meeting were against the mask mandate. One man somehow connected the mandate to child sex trafficking, claiming, "by putting masks on these kids' face, you can't identify any of 'em, so by the nine of you [school board officials] voting already on this, tells me you guys support sex trafficking." A woman, wearing a 'My Body, My Choice' sticker, argued that kids "eat their masks."

A physician and mother of a child in the Lee County School District, which includes around 90,000 students, thanked the board members for keeping "faculty and students safe." Leaving the building after the meeting, the doctor was "shoved," NBC-2 reports. The doctor said she was "not at all" shocked by the escalated fiasco.

If students or faculty do not honor the mask mandate there may be "disciplinary actions depending on the situation," writes NBC-2. The 30-day mandate is in response to Florida's increasing COVID-19 infections and death toll, though 14,000 students have reportedly been opted out of the mandate using a medical opt-out option.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/deputies-had-break-fights-florida-191816928.html

[Irish_Dem]

2. I used to wonder how idiotic and creepy GOP leaders got elected. Now I know.

Creepy and idiotic electorate.

[msongs]

3. religious nutjobs are everywhere. otherwise they dont give a damn about schools nt

[bluestarone]

4. Yea break up fights BUT

I bet NO ONE CHARGED! (this bullshit will never end) if these ASSHOLES continue to get away with this shit!

[Deuxcents]

5. Geez.. this is my county

In ruby red Florida.. nothing to be proud of, I assure you except.. the school board did the right thing by passing the mask mandate even in the face of these nut jobs. I’m pleasantly surprised n impressed.

[Pas-de-Calais]

6. Wonder how many were actually parents from the district

Odds are low

[crickets]

7. This, a million times.

I do wish school boards would start checking IDs to confirm residency. A lot of the aggro might be quelled by insisting that only citizens from the school district are allowed to attend.