Businesses have the right and authority to demand that customers wear masks on their property, according to law enforcement expert Brad Garrett, a former FBI agent and current ABC News contributor. Moreover, failing to abide by a businesses' mask requirement could result in criminal trespass charges.Garrett said firms have to be transparent with customers by clearly posting signs on a door.
Charges can also escalate for those who may take further action if they are denied service for wearing a mask, Garrett said, an issueas employees ask defiant customers to don masks. Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo similarly emphasized the rights of business owners in a tweet last week shortly after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced the lifting of the mandate.
As a reminder to our fellow Texans, private businesses enjoy property rights and may require folks to wear a mask. Please respect their property rights. If you decline to wear a mask and are asked to leave and refuse, you may be committing the offense of criminal trespass.
In Ohio (at least), this is completely inaccurate. It’s a felony to practice law without a license. Masks are medical devices.
Everyone knows this, there will be a very small amount of incidents regarding masks, but the few that inevitably do happen will be sensationalized. Book it.
But after a year of little to no income, can businesses really afford to turn away customers?
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