Police said a bank manager called the police after Ms. Wright refused to wear a mask after wearing it, and then refused to leave the building when asked.
An arrest warrant was issued for a woman who refused to wear a mask in a Texas bank, telling a police officer: “What are you going to do, arrest me?”
Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of 65-year-old Terry Wright of Grant Pass Oregon. The incident, which occurred on Thursday at Bank of America in Galveston, was captured by the officer’s body camera, The Galveston County Daily News reported.
Police say they have obtained an arrest warrant and an arrest warrant on charges of criminal indecency.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday ended statewide orders requiring people to wear face masks in public places, declaring that businesses should decide for themselves what COVID-19 should take care of on their properties . Many businesses have maintained their own facade rules.
Police said a bank manager called the police after Ms. Wright refused to wear a mask after wearing it, and then refused to leave the building when asked.
The police department released body camera video footage of the officer on Friday. In the video, Ms. can be seen standing directly in the middle of the bank’s lobby, surrounded by other customers, who were all wearing masks.
Ms. Directly told the officer that she had come to the bank to withdraw. The officer told him to go outside or put on a mask. she refused.
“What are you going to do, arrest me?” He asked.
He replied: “Yes, for infiltrating the campus.” And then he said: “It’s hilarious.” Ms.Wright said the officer said the law was not for wearing a mask.
As soon as the officer pulled out the handcuffs, he pulled up and started walking towards the door. The officer stopped him and forcibly laid him on the ground. After he suffered a hand injury, he complained that his leg had been injured.
“Police brutality is the people here,” he told other customers at the bank. Responses to “no” and “no, it’s not” can be heard.
Police said he suffered minor injuries during the struggle and was rushed to the hospital for treatment.
Ms.Wright told the Washington Post that she has never covered her face inside stores, when there was a statewide mandate. She said she was at the RV Park in the Bay from Galveston in Hitchcock, Texas.
She told the newspaper that she had been “attacked” and likened the masked requirements to the way Nazi Germany forced Jewish people to identify themselves with a star of David.
She also said that she believed in an “epidemic” in the context of a documentary-style video in which an anti-vaccine activist promotes a string of suspected, false and potentially dangerous coronavirus theories.
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