Posted on Dec 6, 2022
Watch: Virginia veteran who defied COVID orders has his restaurant stormed by armed agents —...
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A Virginia restauranteur and military veteran, who attracted national attention for refusing to comply with former Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam's COVID orders, had his establishment raided on Friday morning.
Matt Strickland, a Virginia state Senate candidate who runs the popular Fredericksburg restaurant Gourmeltz, filmed his confrontation with the Virginia state troopers, local police officers, and Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Authority (ABC) agents who descended on his establishment, saying, "If you've got children, you're setting them up for failure by not standing up now."
Matt Strickland, a Virginia state Senate candidate who runs the popular Fredericksburg restaurant Gourmeltz, filmed his confrontation with the Virginia state troopers, local police officers, and Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Authority (ABC) agents who descended on his establishment, saying, "If you've got children, you're setting them up for failure by not standing up now."
Watch: Virginia veteran who defied COVID orders has his restaurant stormed by armed agents —...
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Looks like State Government over reach to me, if the court ruled in his favor over operating his business it looks like the Alcohol Board has taken a punitive stance.
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I'm 70/30 ... Agree with Mr. Strickland's point of view and the overreach by the ABC (70), however, completely out of line (30) comparing the police to Nazi's because they are enforcing a legal court order, no matter how much we disagree with it or think that the basis of it is from overreach. The hyperbole of "stormed by armed agents" as the article claims gave the impression of a dawn raid by the members of SWAT.
His fight is with the ABC, not the police officers. They were courteous and respectful, an I'm sure they would have liked to be elsewhere - this was probably on par with having to remove a renter from a house after an order of eviction was granted to the owner.
I applaud him for sticking to his principles and doing what he views is an act of civil disobedience, but civil disobedience is often not without repercussions. Doesn't matter who you are or what cause you are fighting for.
SHOULD there be repercussions? No. I feel he's completely right regarding the overreach. This is akin to a commander doing admin/NJP discipline against a Soldier because he didn't like the outcome of a court martial (even if he CAN in certain cases, there's always a question of SHOULD).
I agree with his premise - a lot of the 'mandates' were about control instead of the health of society. If they were logically emplaced and consistently applied, I might have a different opinion. However, THIS business could stay open, but THAT one can't. You have to wear a mask HERE, but when you're standing over THERE you don't. Wear a mask while walking to your table, but take it off while you're dining.
The real crime here is that many of the bureaucrats with some power are hardly ever held accountable when they abuse that power.
His fight is with the ABC, not the police officers. They were courteous and respectful, an I'm sure they would have liked to be elsewhere - this was probably on par with having to remove a renter from a house after an order of eviction was granted to the owner.
I applaud him for sticking to his principles and doing what he views is an act of civil disobedience, but civil disobedience is often not without repercussions. Doesn't matter who you are or what cause you are fighting for.
SHOULD there be repercussions? No. I feel he's completely right regarding the overreach. This is akin to a commander doing admin/NJP discipline against a Soldier because he didn't like the outcome of a court martial (even if he CAN in certain cases, there's always a question of SHOULD).
I agree with his premise - a lot of the 'mandates' were about control instead of the health of society. If they were logically emplaced and consistently applied, I might have a different opinion. However, THIS business could stay open, but THAT one can't. You have to wear a mask HERE, but when you're standing over THERE you don't. Wear a mask while walking to your table, but take it off while you're dining.
The real crime here is that many of the bureaucrats with some power are hardly ever held accountable when they abuse that power.
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