Three People Arrested At Psalm Sing, Multiple Others Cited
This is a developing story. Updates coming.
Moscow, Idaho–At a psalm-sing doubling as a mask-mandate protest, three people were arrested and five people received citations.
There were about 200 people there including families with children.
Gabriel Rench, Rachel Bohnet, and Sean Bohnet were arrested in front of City Hall, apparently due to violating the city’s recently extended mask mandate. The Bohnets supposedly refused to show their ID to the police when asked.
Jesse Broussard also received a citation.
Broussard said, “We are here because we are frankly fed up with wearing masks. With 400 cases and zero hospitalizations, this is not an emergency. The flu is worse than this every single year. Now it is ‘Okay what’s next?’ Forced vaccinations? We are not giving in. So we hear mandatory masks and it is a good time to stand up.”
Broussard complained that the Moscow Police Department were not being consistent because only a few people were arrested or cited out of the whole group.
Prior to the psalm sing, the City of Moscow spray painted spots on the pavement to guide social distancing. For the most part, the attendees ignored the spots and did not wear masks.
Sharron Shannon who attended the event was shocked by the police’s behavior. “You guys have been doing a fantastic job. I have lived here for six and a half years and I have never lived in so much peace. You know you want to raise your kids here.”
She said that one time “the police stopped by my house, gave me a hug, a cool police coin that was made this year, [and] a mug that said MPD; it was so cool and we loved them.”
Shannon continued, “But now the same guy is standing out here writing my friend citations and taking people away for what? Not social distancing? Seriously? That is not an actual crime! It is a petty mandate. It is a lot to process. I can’t believe it.”
Before the psalm sing, Pastor Douglas Wilson of Christ Church gave a warning that the police may give citations to anyone who does not practice social distancing. The psalm sing was organized by Christ Church.
There were roughly 10 MPD officers who stood in front of the event. Most of the attendees left after the last song. However, a few attendees lingered and verbally engaged with the police.
Well written, Hayden! Somebody should fix your name under your photo, though! 😉
Will the police do the same for BLM and ANTIFA?
It would all be fine if they were Muslim.
Way to go Moscow. You are making national news for having a jackass for a Mayor.
False arrests. Mandate is no different than the ones in South Carolinai.e. not legal. Someone needs to find out who theses dirty PD’s are taking their cues from. They try to be random, but there have been several of these in the past week or so.
Great article even better to know a young up and coming reporter wrote it !!!!!!
https://www.justice.gov/crt/deprivation-rights-under-color-law
Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.
For the purpose of Section 242, acts under “color of law” include acts not only done by federal, state, or local officials within their lawful authority, but also acts done beyond the bounds of that official’s lawful authority, if the acts are done while the official is purporting to or pretending to act in the performance of his/her official duties. Persons acting under color of law within the meaning of this statute include police officers, prisons guards and other law enforcement officials, as well as judges, care providers in public health facilities, and others who are acting as public officials. It is not necessary that the crime be motivated by animus toward the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin of the victim.
The offense is punishable by a range of imprisonment up to a life term, or the death penalty, depending upon the circumstances of the crime, and the resulting injury, if any.
Watching and sharing from New Mexico,
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