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Fallston Man Arrested After Refusing to Wear Mask While Voting

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From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office:

Since March 2020, and the beginning of the Maryland State of Emergency for the COVID – 19 Pandemic, Sheriff Gahler has been very clear that deputies would handle reported mask violations through education and would not be making arrests or issuing criminal citations solely for refusing to follow the Governors’ order on wearing masks. However; if a private property owner, store manager, or in this case, Election Official needed assistance in having a person vacate a premise, we would enforce a trespassing violation. That is exactly what occurred in the following incident. While the polls are open to the public, they are subject to compliance with the rules and regulations set forth by the Board of Elections and the Governor of Maryland.

At approx. 2:46 pm, on October 26, 2020, deputies assigned to the Northern Precinct were dispatched to the Jarrettsville Volunteer Fire Company, where early voting was occurring. Deputies had been called to respond for two persons inside the polling area that would not comply with the directions of the election officials. As a result, election officials asked the two men to leave the location. Upon the refusal, the two men were considered to be trespassing. Polling places are under the supervision and purview of the of the Board of Elections, and as such, an Election Judge can opt to remove a person from the polling place.

Once on scene, the information provided to deputies indicated that the Harford County Board of Elections had set a designated area for voters who were unable or unwilling to wear a mask while exercising their Constitution right to vote. Mr. Swain and the other individual were unwilling to wear a mask, per Governor’s Hogan’s orders, and refusing to use the area designated for them to safely cast their ballot.

Deputies worked to resolve the situation for nearly 30 minutes. At that time, one man complied and left the premises; however, Mr. Swain made the choice to continue to refuse to comply directives given by the Election Judge. When it was clear there were no other options, Mr. Swain was placed under arrest for the trespassing violation and the Office of the Harford County State’s Attorney was contacted and advised to charge Mr. Swain for a violation of the Governor’s orders in addition to the trespassing charge.

Daniel Swain, 52, with an address in Fallston, was arrested and transported to the Harford County Detention Center for charging. It is worth noting, Mr. Swain was not banned from the location, and is still able to cast his ballot.

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  3. MD State Police routinely violate the mask order while on traffic stops. So if they don’t have to follow it why does anyone else? The very fact they have created a separate area for non mask wearing people to vote speaks volumes concerning the legality of the order.

    “refusing to use the area designated for them to safely cast their ballot.”

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    • Racism defined:
      noun
      ‘a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.‘…….

      Mike since you and your liberal friends like to throw the word around and attempt to politically weaponize the term I thought I would offer the above definition. You will notice that in the definition it does not specify one particular racial group as the victim and one as the offender. Under the above definition ignorance is ignorance, and bias is bias try to remember that.
      With that being said yes racism does still exist but for whatever reason key points of the racial divide in this country are being ignored. Most people have what is known as acquired racial bias. Many feel bad that they possess it because they truly don’t want to think of themselves as being racist. Acquired racial bias comes about from observations and perceptions of bad behavior occurring at inordinately high levels by a large segment of certain racial groups. For some reason people, particularly liberals, will fail to acknowledge this problem probably because it does not fit their agenda and often times contradicts their claims. In earlier posts I suggested to a poster to visit Mondawmin Mall or Towson Town Center on a Friday night to observe some of the behavior that causes good people to develop acquired racial bias. What I am trying to say to all of those people who choose to tear this country apart, possibly irreconcilably, for political purposes to try to understand that there are many reasons for the problems that exist. Accountability needs to be employed by all sides for this situation to repair itself.

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      • Hey Mike. I just wanted to share with you an experience I had today right here in Harford County. I had lunch with my very good friend and former partner. By the way my friend is a black man. Normally that wouldn’t be worth mentioning but it did today. I had to stop at an area convenience store to get a jug of milk. At that time, a car pulled in to the parking lot being driven by a young black man. He had two other black male passengers. They were playing some type of rap “music” where every other word was the “F” bomb. The volume was extremely high not to be missed or ignored by anyone in the area. My partner said laughingly “look at that, no wonder you people think the way you do about us”. Very profound actually. I know those YouTube videos you watch don’t address the issue of acquired racial bias so I thought I would share this with you. I don’t think Bill Maher has ever had a guest on his program addressing this type of behavior. Just saying. Lol

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        • How am I a racist Corn Pop? Your candidate is a confirmed racist and a child toucher. I think you need help with that mental illness you got. Go buy some Prevagen so you can remember where you hid your Prozac. After that maybe you can work on using your own screen name instead of crying Identity Theft…Traitor.

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          • Oh God, not moniker theft. Not again. What a crime. Not. Look, if you want to use my screen name and put crap on here that people know doesn’t come from the originator, then go ahead. But, don’t complain about it and scream “Identity Theft” when it happens. Anyway, it looks like Callahan has finally jumped on the Trump train and is abandoning the Democratic Treason he has been committing during this election cycle. Way to announce that square dancing Mike. You are a WINNER….

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  9. Kudos to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office for their active intervention to preserve the safety of the voting site, coupled with restraint and a proportional response vis-a-vis the malefactors. Well done Deputies! This reflects well on Sheriff Gahler’s leadership.

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  12. The 1st Amendment allows free speech…the press is supposed to shine a light behind the dumpster to see what’s there. Twitter has de-facto abolished the 1st . Here is what they don’t want you to see. As Gerald Nagler said during the impeachment ” we cannot trust an election to fix our problems”, failing to define problems. https://nypost.com/2020/10/15/emails-reveal-how-hunter-biden-tried-to-cash-in-big-with-chinese-firm/ (and in plain text for copy and paste… though I do not think Brian would also censor).. https://nypost.com/2020/10/15/emails-reveal-how-hunter-biden-tried-to-cash-in-big-with-chinese-firm/

    GD

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    • “Trump is an optimistic”…hahhahahaha…OMG you Fkn idiot. he’s a LIAR!!! That’s different than an optimist. You are in his cult…drinking his cool aide. You are buying into his brand…he’s making money off idiots like you!!! Get a club you moron.

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    • Love it! Mike Callahan… you’re awesome! Wish you could come call A square dance for my ladies club… we would love to have a hot number like you attend to our function (if you know what I mean)!

      Call me anytime!

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      • I am out of state for many months, so I’ll have to take a rain check on getting my dance card stamped by any of you. However, while caring for the really sick I’m not gonna lie…I am practicing my moves of the Trump Dance. Take care!

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    • Well, my imitating friend, I can’t say that I disagree with you on that, but if you’re gonna be my imitator and try to push the false narrative you Democratic Traitors have pushed in the past, don’t you think you could “post” something that the Crusher of Heads, Holes and Souls wouldn’t normally say? Yes, Mike Callahan does suck monkey balls and that’s the bottom line because the SoulCrusher REALLY says so….

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