Clackamas County condemns Jim Crow, vaccine card comparison June 02 2021
Commissioner Mark Shull s resolution abhorrent and irresponsible according to Chair Tootie Smith
A firestorm of criticism was unleashed this week when a Clackamas County commissioner proposed a resolution that compared showing a COVID-19 vaccine card to the segregationist Jim Crow laws.
Commissioner Mark Shull had drafted a resolution to block the state rule that a business must see someone s vaccine card before they can enter without a mask.
Shull s resolution draft stated vaccine passports create conditions of a new Jim Crow 2.0 but fellow commissioners, including Chair Tootie Smith, harshly criticized the comparison to laws that had legalized segregation and led to arrests and lynchings.
Oregon among blue states slow at lifting COVID restrictions
SARA CLINE, Associated Press/Report for America
May 22, 2021
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1of11A woman wearing a face mask loads groceries into her car after shopping at a Zupan s grocery store in Portland, Ore., on Friday, May 21, 2021. As the federal government and many states ease rules around mask-wearing and business occupancy, some blue states like Oregon and Washington are still holding on to some longtime coronavirus restrictions.Gillian Flaccus/APShow MoreShow Less
2of11FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2020, file photo, Vanessa Mendez hugs her son, Evan Seppa, as he prepares to head into Elizabeth Page Elementary School for his first day of kindergarten in Springfield, Ore. Even as the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved earlier this month to ease indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, states like Oregon and Washington are still holding on to certain longtime coronavirus