Bay Ridge Couple Arrested at Ferry – Updated
Jake from Gothamist shared the story of an arrest at the ferry at Brooklyn Bridge Park in tweets. (Thanks for the info C!)
Major standoff on this ferry between a captain and a couple from Bay Ridge who refuse to wear mask. Cops have arrived. Couple on top deck. pic.twitter.com/G8KYhEEfmG
— Jake Offenhartz (@jangelooff) September 6, 2020
The couple didn’t want to wear a mask when they were asked by the ferry captain. The newspapers have stated that the couple claimed that both refused to wear a masks due to medical reasons. That would be understandable…..but then the story turned political. The NY Post revealed that the couple claimed they were being discriminated against because they are white. And Black Lives Matter was mentioned. Click here to see the article
You can also see the quote here. The language used is awful. The story is so awful Newsweek carried it. See here.
The police came and asked them to wear a mask. They refused.
The police asked them to get off the ferry and they refused.
The Gothamist article stated that the police gave them a final warning to leave the boat or to be arrested and they didn’t leave! See here
People called for the two mask-less travelers to get off the ferry because it wasn’t able to bring the people to Bay Ridge. About 90 people were aboard the ferry.
The police went to handcuff the man and he pulled away twice. The man’s wife was not happy, but she did not resist arrest. (The man, David, questioned in a meek voice, “You are going to arrest my wife too?”)
They’ve been handcuffed and removed from the boat. pic.twitter.com/jD9eO0cCnR
— Jake Offenhartz (@jangelooff) September 6, 2020
The people on the ferry cheer that the couple was removed and several yell out, “Thank you NYPD.”
All of this drama over politics or wearing a mask……………..C’monnn.
The NYPD does not want to arrest people (or even touch them during the pandemic), but they had to or everyone would be held at the pier.
The ferry captain didn’t want to call the police for this either. He just wants to drive the ferry and have a nice night on the water.
Hugs,
marlene
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September 10th, 2020 at 1:31 pm
Marlene,
Thank you for updating your post about the couple who refused to wear masks on the ferry. It sounds like the NYPD officers handled the situation well, giving them every opportunity to do the right thing before they had no choice but to take them off the ferry. People like this, who are politicizing mask wearing, are putting us all at risk of going backwards.
Did you see the news today that Century 21 is closing all of its stores? ????????
Love your blog! Stay well,
Caryl
September 10th, 2020 at 6:47 pm
I am so thankful for your message. I shared the video when I saw it and I meant to come back and update with a link from a newspaper. Then I didn’t. So when you wrote and I saw the story, I was shocked that someone would go to such lengths to make a political message…awful. A lot of what I write is looked at later when people are trying to figure out what happened. If I leave it incorrect or incomplete, it isn’t helpful.