Police officials have said that officers were exposed on skirmish lines as they worked to disperse screaming crowds. Protesters say officers recklessly arrested people en masse without wearing masks, exposing not just themselves but others.
After the commission meeting, Moore said he attributed the increase in part “to the challenging conditions officers faced” during the recent protests and demonstrations. During a public comment portion of the Police Commission’s online meeting Tuesday, multiple callers ripped into Moore over the issue, saying he should not be surprised that officers had contracted the virus, given that many of them had dismissed public safety concerns and refused to wear masks amid the protest crackdowns.
Los Angeles County officials reported more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number to more than 88,200. Nearly 3,200 have died.
OIGLABOPC Cops aren't wearing COVID masks
Officers have also been hanging out maskless at the airport! Pretty sure this is 100% on them!
Let me get this straight...you are reporting that the police should have protected the protestors that were not wearing masks or physical distancing from Covid by wearing masks, while the protestors were throwing bottles and punches at them...Seriously?
please use actual photos of the officers during the protests, and not this photo opt
This is true and the Police officers I saw on TV did not protect themselves or protestors who were protesting peacefully. This fault is the Officers unfortunately for everyone involved.
Police PoliceBrutality DefundTheLAPD
Since protesters aren't getting sick at these rates it's pretty obvious, no? Why equivocate?
Cops didn't wear masks, their workers comp claims should be denied
Based on personal experience wearing a mask, I have to frequently move it away from my eyes to see. It doesn’t have the strong grip around the nose like the medical professionals have when at work. Possibly a distraction and safety concern.
Recklessly? They were in literal riots and many avoiding getting seriously injured or killed! Blame blm AntifaTerrorists Riot2020 , not the cops. Totally biased title!
They took a bunch of people to jail. This is a huge risk. I don’t see too many masks. What was the safety protocol for the police and the arrested?
'adding to the debate' if this were story about Trump rallies do you think those words would be in the headline?
Stupid people on both sides. This is the intellectuals pathegon.. If you cannot relate to a 50 nano meter sized single stranded RNA virion and respect it's ability to enter your body through various ingress points to attach to ACE2 receptors.. Then you all are FUCKED..
Man says he back was injured. Horses says the man should've stopped punching him.
But, if the rioters weren’t there...🙄
But they didn’t spike. Testing just skyrocketed so more people will test positive. Mortality rate is dropping. Maybe report on that fakenews
I wonder why and it’s not the protestors because they were wearing masks!
Gee ya think?
yep....no facemasks only a few of them
LAPD control and command is responsible for all the infections on all three sides of the line
And 80% of the arrests were for nothing but curfew and failing to disperse which they never should have made anyway.
As wearing a mask is taken to be an anti-Trump statement the USA is doomed.
Wow, blaming the police. Let's hope the LA Times doesn't need protection in the future.
From another article comment -BLM are an extreme Marxist violent group formed to overthrow all systems of a civil society.
better check the NationalGuard
Can’t imagine why.
So willfully spreading a deadly disease by participating in mass riots, mass protests and mass looting while gatherings are legally not permitted is legal now, got it.
AJDMaru It's because the cops don't wear masks, not the protesters
mmcphate Wonder what it would've been like if they'd followed the mask orders 🤔🤔🤔
The mass demonstrations were super spreader events. I have zero doubt that’s true.
Which protests? The majority of the George Floyd protesters wore masks. 😷 The “right to beachers” not so much. 🤷♀️
They have blood on there hands, now
Bet that tear gas they fired during a pandemic spread by coughing, sneezing, and other such airborne fluid transfer might have something to do with it...
You’d have to be stupid to think that these protests didn’t spread it. My neighborhood they protested without masks for a month every weekend
how come the police still dont wear masks ?
“Debate”... no church worship because of close proximity and singing but protests and chanting are 👌🏻
Thoughts and prayers, you hate to see it.
Maybe if the police didn’t give people a reason to protest they wouldn’t have a spike!
It’s not a spike. More people getting tested means higher numbers. Mortality rate is very low. Fear porn at its finest.
Send this over to KABC790.
Maybe the LAPD should have followed the lead of the protesters and worn masks.
didn’t see that one coming..
Let me guess, there was a spike in testing too
Omg who’s gonna illegally harass homeless people now !?
From another article comment -BLM are an extreme Marxist violent group formed to overthrow all systems of a civil society.
Give me liberty or give me death. Is it worthy of a debate in the states?
Maybe the cops got it from other cops who still refuse to wear masks?
if only they had read about wearing masks!
Give them all a frappuccino and we'll call it a day.
Clearly the protests exposed the Police all over the country.
Or they could have just worn a mask?
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