Italian law enforcement must be Very Proud of themselves
Italian Woman Fined for Taking Her Turtle for a Walk During Coronavirus Quarantine
A 60-year-old woman has been fined for breaking Italy’s lockdown measures—her excuse: she was walking her pet turtle.
According to Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, police found the woman outside her home on Monday. When asked to present justification for breaking quarantine, she said she had left her house to take her turtle for a walk. The reason was not considered satisfactory and she was fined €400 ($430).
Italy has been in lockdown since March 9 and this is not the first time residents have broken protocol. As Newsweek previously reported, a 31-year-old man from San Fermo della Battaglia was fined in March after flouting the lockdown rules to play “Pokemon Go.” Some 16,545 fines were issued on Easter Monday alone. (snip)
Italians are allowed out to buy food and medication, and to go for a walk, but must carry a certificate giving their reasons for being outside the house. As Newsweek previously reported, anyone found in violation of these policies can be fined or even sentenced to jail time
Government around the world has become unhinged. They say keep your distance, yet, when people are doing that they fine them and even arrest them for daring to be outside. “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority, still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority.”
And this from Twitchy
We have a lot of elected leaders at all levels of government who are enjoying being tyrants. Americans need to hold all of accountable. This cannot be allowed to continue.
— Wisconsinajb (@Wisconajb) April 14, 2020
Again, if you’re keeping your distance, what is the problem?
