New York father arrested and facing 90 days in jail for not wearing mask outside at son’s baseball game

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A Western New York father was arrested and is facing jail time for refusing to wear a mask outside at a high school baseball game.

Chad Hummel, a parent in Irondequoit, New York, is facing a criminal trespassing charge and 90 days in jail for not wearing a mask at his son’s East Ridge High School baseball game last week, according to NBC News 10 Rochester.

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“Someone who has fought critical race theory at the school, someone who has fought the COVID regulations at the district, someone who has been involved in lawsuits for the school district, someone who has done all that is a target,” Hummel, who declined to say if he was vaccinated, told reporters.
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County Health Commissioner Dr. Michael Mendoza agreed with Hummel and said if he could rewrite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, he would remove any mandate to wear a mask outdoors where coronavirus transmission is nearly zero.

“Except for those close conversations, those gatherings, we’re still a little on the fence about football games where everyone is yelling, but casual settings, but I’ve been seeing, and the evidence is there that it’s more safe outside than it is indoors,” Mendoza said.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo disagrees with that conclusion, as does the school district, which stood by the mask mandate in a statement.

“The school district adopted a policy in August 2020 as part of reopening its schools for students five days a week,” the statement said. “This policy and plan required students, staff and visitors to wear a mask when on school grounds. This policy was reinforced by NYSDOH recent guidance which requires that masks be worn while on all New York State public school properties.”

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The statement continued, “The children and staff have complied with the policy all year. Mr. Hummel chose to violate the school mask policy. He was asked to wear a mask. He refused. He was asked to leave the property. He refused. The police were called to assist. The police removed him from the school property.”

Hummel is due back in court on June 2.

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