March 28, 2024

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COVID-19 mask mandate led to threats, violence at Waukesha companies

A sign directs customers at Colectivo to use a face covering at the business. Enforcement of the mask mandate in Waukesha has resulted in some threatening and occasionally violent interactions.

WAUKESHA – A consumer, unmasked, walks into a area keep, where he is at some point confronted by an personnel reminding him of the business’ demanding mask plan.

Far too typically, it does not go well from there.

It may require threats, immediate or implied, to the store or an personnel from a shopper who disagrees loudly and overtly with the coverage. It at times includes vandalism, with retail outlet shows or merchandise upended. Often, it escalates to the level of an assault, from a easy drive to a business punch.

Though not precisely common, it is really also not