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Couple fined $3304 for posting year-old travel photos online (news.com.au)
23 points by quickthrower2 on April 14, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments


I definitely feel there is some overreaching going on. Here in Sonoma County parks and beaches are closed but you still can go to stores without mask and the people working at the store aren't wearing masks either. I think the harsher and inconsistent the restrictions get the less people will be willing to put up with them.


A Facebook post has led to a couple being mistakenly fined more than $3300 by police. The fine was revoked after authorities learnt the pictures weren’t taken over the Easter holiday period.


I liked the picture of the police standing really close to that guy while writing him a ticket, hopefully it's an old stock photo.


Old or new it is not acceptable. Corona was not the first virus in the world.


This is all a huge overkill. Every person in power is getting a chance to flex. Coming back from all the overreach in the USA, if not globally, will be an interesting time.




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