Police in Ohio made an arrest and issued a summons after a man called 911 on a group of Amish people breaking the ban on mass gatherings over the weekend.
Geauga County Sheriff’s Office made one arrest, issued a summons, and charged two people with underage drinking after a man alerted them that he saw a group of horses and buggies after midnight Sunday.
“There is some concern out there and we are getting reports of large gatherings happening,” Geauga Sheriff Scott Hildenbrand told Fox 8. “If we get calls, or find out about them, we will go there, break them up and get them out of there. We won’t tolerate this and we have to keep everybody safe.”
Police found a large gathering of Amish people inside a barn, with some people running away when they saw the cops, but “there was one that was too intoxicated to run and that person had to be transported by ambulance,” according to Hildenbrand.
The single arrest was for disorderly conduct, and the summons was issued for violating the ban on mass gatherings.
Local government officials across the country have encouraged people to call 911 if they spot people breaking stay-at-home orders or bans on mass gatherings.
In New York City, a hotbed of the coronavirus, Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio called for residents to report their neighbors to law enforcement for violations of social distancing protocols.
How do you report places that aren’t enforcing social distancing? It’s simple: just snap a photo and text it to 311-692. #AskMyMayor pic.twitter.com/WQdCcVf1Rl
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) April 18, 2020
The tip line quickly became flooded with angry and vulgar messages.
“We will fight this tyrannical overreach!” one user of the tip line said to the service, which triggered an automatic response of, “Hello, and thank you for texting NYC311.”
“F— you!” another user replied, according to the New York Post, along with a meme of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler saying, “TO THOSE TURNING IN YOUR NEIGHBORS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES — YOU DID THE REICH THING.”
