At a time when US police officers are under extraordinarily close scrutiny, a crowd of Oregon state troopers failed en masse.<br />Gizmodo reports the trio came into a coffee shop not wearing masks, despite Oregon Gov. Kate Brown having mandated them that very day.<br />When the store’s assistant manager told the troopers masks were required if they wanted to order something, they refused on the ground of civil liberties.<br />Governor Brown has no authority to take our civil liberties. We aren’t going to wear masks. F—-, Kate Brown. Eyewitness account<br />Four additional state troopers then entered, also refusing to wear masks. Because they were in uniform, staff say they felt compelled to serve them.<br />An increasing array of louder voices say that America, at its core, is about freedom.<br />Presumably, that should include the freedom to infect countless vulnerable populations with a contagious, dangerous virus.
