Anti-mask protestors gather for a flash âpsalm singâ outside Moscow City Hall on Sept. 25 | Angela Palermo
The City of Moscowâs legal department asked the Latah County Magistrate Court to dismiss misdemeanor charges issued to five people for allegedly violating the social distancing and mask order as well as resisting and obstructing justice, according to a news release from the city.
Former Latah County Commissioner candidate Gabriel Rench, who lost the November election to incumbent Tom Lamar, was one of the five charged at a âpsalm singâ event organized by Christ Church in protest of the mask order.
The city code provides exemptions from public health emergency orders like the current mask mandate, stating “any and all expressive and associative activity” protected by the Idaho and U.S. Constitutions are exempt from the order “unless otherwise specifically prohibited.â
The Moscow Legal Department has asked the Latah County Magistrate Court to dismiss misdemeanor charges issued against five people for allegedly violating the city’s face mask/social distancing order and resisting
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