A furious shopper was hauled away by police after she tried to fight the officers who stopped her for refusing to wear a face mask at a su...
A furious shopper was hauled away by police after she tried to fight the officers who stopped her for refusing to wear a face mask at a supermarket.
Footage shot by a fellow shopper shows the woman being arrested at a Walmart in Millington, Shelby County, Tennessee.
The woman was marched off with another woman not wearing a mask after Shelby County passed a law making masks mandatory in public on July 3.
A furious shopper is hauled away by police after trying to fight the officers who stopped her for refusing to wear a face mask at a Walmart in Millington, Shelby County, Tennessee on July 3
The woman tries to pry an officer's arms off another woman who was stopped for not wearing a mask at the supermarket
In the video, a woman with blue-dyed hair shouts at an officer while he tries to take another woman out of the supermarket for not wearing a face mask.
She tries to pull the officer's hands off the other woman as he spins her around and a woman off camera says 'they need to follow directions'.
Another officer wearing a face mask rushes over to help out and both women are put in handcuffs and marched out the front of the store.
At the end of the video, one of the women shouts at an officer from his car saying 'I'm 18'.
She is put in handcuffs and marched out the store by a second officer who runs over to stop a fight breaking out
The woman screams that she is 18 at a City of Millington police officer after she is put in his car
The footage was taken on Friday, July 3, the day the law changed in Shelby County, but it only emerged this week.
The video taker said: 'Shelby County, TN, passed a mandatory mask law. Police are enforcing extremely.
'This lady got pulled out of the store for not having one on and refusing to comply.'
The video comes after Tennessee Governor Bill Lee stressed the importance of wearing face masks during his weekly COVID-19 briefing Tuesday at the state Capitol.
Governor Lee said: 'This mask right here is not Conservative. It’s not Liberal.
'Shaming someone for wearing a mask or shaming someone for not wearing a mask - it’s just not something that Tennesseans ought to be in the business of doing.
'It’s a simple personal decision that just might save an elderly person’s life in this state, it just might be the difference in being able to keep a business open in Tennessee.'
The Tennessee Department of Health reported 1,514 new coronavirus cases and 18 deaths yesterday, with 767 Tennesseans have died as a result of the virus since the pandemic began.
Frank Montoya, 38 (left), and Victoria Parra Carranza, 23 (right), were charged with aggravated assault and disorderly conduct. They are accused of refusing to wear masks inside a Yuma, Arizona, Walmart and deliberately coughing on workers
Police were called to this Walmart on South Avenue B in Yuma last week after getting a 911 call reporting disorderly conduct
Last week, two people were arrested in Arizona after police say they refused to wear face masks inside a Walmart and intentionally coughed on store workers when asked to do so.
Frank Montoya, 38, and Victoria Parra Carranza, 23, were arrested Walmart on South Avenue B just before 11am on Wednesday, July 8.
When police arrived, they said the couple allegedly refused to cooperate and became confrontational.
They said Montoya eventually fled on foot and was later arrested after fighting with officers.
Parra Carranza tried to interfere with Montoya’s arrest and also was taken into custody, according to police.
Montoya and Parra Carranza have been booked into the Yuma County jail on suspicion of aggravated assault, disorderly conduct and other charges.
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