Angelique Contreras probably already knew this from her parents, but she has now confirmed that under an authoritarian regime, it does not take much to evoke a knock on the door from police in the middle of the night:

According to Contreras, Palm Beach County is trying to send citizens who can’t wear masks due to medical exemptions into a parking garage basement while County Commission meetings take place. Local press reporting confirms that mask-exempt citizens who want to speak at meetings will be sent to a separate building beneath a parking garage, instead of being able to address their leaders directly. When a man on Facebook joked about dumping garbage onto a County Administrator’s lawn, Contreras replied with the retort, “thousands of Mask(s).” This was enough to get the sheriff’s office to show up to her house, with the officer making clear that such Facebook posts are monitored in this day and age. Contreras’ children are aged 11, 3, and 1.

Contreras herself is the daughter of refugees from communist Cuba. She understands that the late-night visit was not law enforcement, but “political intimidation.”

On a tip from Wiggins.

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