Police Back Off From Social Distancing Enforcement
As states re-open under new pandemic rules, enforcement often falls to the police. But some people — including some police — think that's a bad idea.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced police will no longer require people to wear masks in public, unless the absence of a mask presents a "serious danger."
The decision is part of a "reset" of the NYPD's enforcement of emergency rules during the pandemic, following a number of controversial encounters between officers and members of the public, some of them caught on video. The most recent was between officers and
