Over 1,200 worshippers gathered Sunday at Cardiff State Beach, largely ignoring California's mask, and social distancing mandates to pray and protest the state's church closures.
“It’s such a double standard, right? You have protesters who can go out, do gatherings like this and nothing is spoken about; if anything, it's praised," the woman said. "But then we’re not allowed to gather in church on Sunday.”
Most of the crowd were not wearing masks and were encouraged to be physical with one another.
“But it happened, so we will believe that everybody is going to be fine,” Pastor Sappington said. “We’ll pray that they’ll be protected.”
California State Parks Lifeguards told NBC7 the group had not been issued a permit for the gathering.
A mid-Wilshire Ralph's supermarket employee was suspended after she pepper-sprayed a man who refused to wear a face mask.
CBS Los Angeles reported that the Ralphs supermarket employee allegedly said the customer rammed her with a shopping cart preceding the incident.
On July 15, it was reported that the employee approached the man at the store in Central Los Angeles. The employee told the man he had to wear a face mask or leave the business.
According to the report, the customer rammed the employee with his shopping cart. In response, “she pepper-sprayed him and called the police.”
The incident was recorded in a cellphone video. A witness in the supermarket said they saw the man causing chaos in the store.
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