Baton Rouge Mayor issues new emergency health mandate

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BATON ROUGE, La - After a violent Memorial Day in the city resulted in 4 shooting deaths over just a 2 hour period, the mayor has issued an emergency health mandate.

"Starting at 6:00 Thursday morning everyone over the age of 5 will be required to wear bulletproof vests while in the city," the mayor wrote. "This includes people shopping, dining or sitting in a car after 1:00 AM on streets with numbers as their name or streets named after presidents," she wrote.

The mayor says the mandate will only last 14 days and should help to flatten the homicide curve which has spiked recently. "Anyone north of Florida Blvd after dark or anywhere even remotely close to College Drive is asked to wear 2 vests when possible," the mayor said. "If they can get their hands on one of those military tactical helmets, I'd say it wouldn't be a bad idea to wear that too," the mayor told us.

"Exemptions include all elected Baton Rouge Mayors and their families, anyone attending protests along side the mayor, only if the protest has an anti-police theme and contains signage hinting at committing acts of violence and destruction of property due to false narratives constantly pushed by the local and national media, anyone who has already been shot at least once and is able to produce hospital reports or news articles as proof, and the entire city of St. George," said the mayor.

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