Commentary By Terence P. Jeffrey | April 21, 2021 | 4:52am EDT (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) A 69-year-old woman was walking her poodle in a public park in Northern California in late November. She was not wearing a mask. She walked by groups of people who were. A police officer, meanwhile, monitored her movements from the security of his squad car. As she moved past the park into a middle-class neighborhood, he clandestinely trailed her. She walked past other people who were also out for strolls — sometimes coming within three or four feet of them. Being friendly neighbors, they nodded and smiled.