Woman Tased & Arrested For Not Wearing Mask At Jr High Football Game, In Ohio

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A woman attending a school football game in Ohio was tased and arrested after she refused to put on a mask, the Logan Police Department said in a press release Thursday.


Video captured by another adult at the game shows the woman struggling with an officer on the metal bleachers as he tries to handcuff her. That's when he uses a taser on her, shocking onlookers.

The Logan Police Department said School Resource Officer Chris Smith was at 7th and 8th grade football games at Logan High School stadium on Wednesday, and that one of his duties was to ensure fans were safe and complying with health guidelines.

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"One of these policy guidelines mandated by the Logan Hocking School District is that all spectators must wear a mask while on school property," the department's statement reads.

When Smith told a woman in the stands, later identified as Alecia D. Kitts, that she needed to put on a mask, she said she had asthma and was not going to put it on. The officer told Kitts "several times" that she needed to wear a mask, saying if she didn't, she would be asked to leave and wait outside the stadium, according to the police statement.

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Video is available with the article.
CBSNews

I have two takes.

- They are outside and people are social distancing. wearing a facemask shouldn't be optional.

- Since it was policy the cop was just doing his job. Its kind of like being upset about Jacob Blake being shot. If he would have just did what the police said he wouldn't have been shot.

If my options were to simply put a mask over my mouth and nose or getting tasered and arrested or taking a chance of having to deal with a cop who you have no idea how they will respond, I rather just simply put on the mask.