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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWATCH: 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 Ohios Capitol, the woman accused WCMH-TVs Adrienne Robbins of falsifying her reporting on the COVID-19 crisis and refused to back away at the journalists 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 reporters 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............
kimbutgar
(21,060 posts)A lot of obese people are at higher risk.
lpbk2713
(42,742 posts)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)Why would you complain and be angry about someone wearing a mask during this time?
They are twisted and sick....
Jeebo
(2,021 posts)...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)incurable plague.
turbinetree
(24,685 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)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.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,852 posts)Probably another fatty jonesing to eat inside a restaurant.