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turbinetree

(24,685 posts)
Fri May 1, 2020, 07:27 PM May 2020

WATCH: Ohio protester blasts saliva all over TV reporter during unhinged coronavirus rant

Published 4 hours ago on May 1, 2020
By Travis Gettys

An angry demonstrator berated a TV reporter from just inches away over her coronavirus coverage.

During a lockdown protest at Ohio’s Capitol, the woman accused WCMH-TV’s Adrienne Robbins of falsifying her reporting on the COVID-19 crisis and refused to back away at the journalist’s request.

“I asked this woman to respect my space after she was yelling and spitting in my face,” Robbins tweeted afterward. “She said i had no right to social distancing in public and continued to follow me. Complaining about my mask (that is meant to protect her and those around me).”

Doctors recommend wearing masks in public because saliva droplets expelled during speaking can spread the virus, and more droplets are broadcast by shouting — as the protester was within inches of the reporter’s face.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/watch-ohio-protester-blasts-saliva-all-over-tv-reporter-during-unhinged-coronavirus-rant/

I can still remember walking down the streets in Riverside 1969 before the antiwar protests / riots started getting big, bell bottoms, long hair, , tie dye t-shirt, sun glasses on that sunny day, and I got a ticket for spitting on the side walk............the officer walking towards me that gave me the ticket said that was public health hazard............there was a older man walking by and I asked if he would give him a ticket for spitting, he said no he doesn't know any better ......I was going to make a big deal out of it and he told me you will lose..................the court fine for that incident back in 1969 was $15.00 dollars.............I paid.........maybe this lady should get a ticket............because of public health hazard............

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WATCH: Ohio protester blasts saliva all over TV reporter during unhinged coronavirus rant (Original Post) turbinetree May 2020 OP
By the looks of the spitting woman she looks at high risk of catching CV kimbutgar May 2020 #1
Assault with bodily fluid is punishable by law in Ohio. lpbk2713 May 2020 #2
Those protesters are such vile POS's Ohiogal May 2020 #3
One of my pet peeves... Jeebo May 2020 #4
Sidewalk spitting was banned to protect against the spread of tuberculosis, an earlier era's tblue37 May 2020 #5
That's what the officer said................. turbinetree May 2020 #7
I do not get spitting. Tipperary May 2020 #8
Vile woman! Keep your droplets away! Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #6

kimbutgar

(21,060 posts)
1. By the looks of the spitting woman she looks at high risk of catching CV
Fri May 1, 2020, 07:30 PM
May 2020

A lot of obese people are at higher risk.

lpbk2713

(42,742 posts)
2. Assault with bodily fluid is punishable by law in Ohio.
Fri May 1, 2020, 07:32 PM
May 2020


A person convicted of the offense of assault with a bodily fluid shall be fined an amount not to exceed $1,000 or incarcerated in a county jail or a state prison for a term not to exceed 1 year, or both.

Ohiogal

(31,928 posts)
3. Those protesters are such vile POS's
Fri May 1, 2020, 07:34 PM
May 2020

Why would you complain and be angry about someone wearing a mask during this time?

They are twisted and sick....

Jeebo

(2,021 posts)
4. One of my pet peeves...
Fri May 1, 2020, 07:37 PM
May 2020

...is when somebody tells me what I know. The unmasked woman in this video tells the reporter, "You know that what you are doing is wrong." She said that more than once, in fact.

I wish the reporter had responded, "Please don't tell me what I know. Only I know what I know. It's for me to tell you what I know. It's not for you to tell me what I know."

-- Ron

tblue37

(65,227 posts)
5. Sidewalk spitting was banned to protect against the spread of tuberculosis, an earlier era's
Fri May 1, 2020, 07:37 PM
May 2020

incurable plague.

 

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)
8. I do not get spitting.
Fri May 1, 2020, 07:42 PM
May 2020

Never understand spitting anywhere except while brushing your teeth. It seems to mostly be a male thing. I would be amazed if I saw a woman spit on the sidewalk.

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