Judges Order Ankle Monitors for People Exposed to Coronavirus — Even If They Have Not Tested Positive; Church Holds Services, Defying Stay-At-Home Order

By The Blaze. . .There are ongoing threats of fines and jail time for those who would dare leave their homes for non-pre-approved reasons. Everybody from pro-life protesters to paddleboarders to pastors have seen what happens when you violate commands to isolate.

And now judges have ordered at least four people in Louisville, Kentucky, to wear ankle bracelets for repeatedly refusing to isolate themselves after being in contact with coronavirus patients, CNN reported.

Two of the people fitted with the monitors have not tested positive for coronavirus. . .

In a case reported by CNN, a Louisville resident identified only as “D.L.” lives with “someone who has tested positive for the illness and another person who is a presumptive case.” D.L. — who has not tested positive for the virus — has repeatedly refused to stay home as ordered. According to family members, D.L. “leaves the house often,” CNN said.

Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Angela Bisig ordered that D.L. be fitted with the GPS device for 14 days. If the person leaves the home again, he or she faces possible criminal charges, according to CNN. (Read more from “Judges Order Ankle Monitors for People Exposed to Coronavirus — Even If They Have Not Tested Positive” HERE)

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Church Holds Services, Defying Coronavirus Stay-At-Home Order

By Reuters. The pastor of the Life Tabernacle Church near Baton Rouge held services on Sunday in defiance of a stay-at-home order issued by Louisiana because of the coronavirus pandemic, telling worshippers they had “nothing to fear but fear itself.”

Pastor Tony Spell, who was arrested last week for holding services, summoned his faithful again, three weeks after the state’s governor, John Bel Edwards, banned gatherings of 10 people or more.

Hundreds of worshippers, about half of them black and half white, converged on the church, many arriving in 26 buses sent to pick them up. Everyone but immediate family members kept a social distance of at least six feet, a lawyer for the pastor said.

“They would rather come to church and worship like free people than live like prisoners in their homes,” Spell told reporters. (Read more from “Church Holds Services, Defying Coronavirus Stay-At-Home Order” HERE)

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