{"id":122080,"date":"2021-02-09T11:23:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T16:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=122080"},"modified":"2021-02-09T11:58:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T16:58:21","slug":"tampa-mayor-vows-to-use-video-to-identify-prosecute-fans-who-partied-without-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tampa-mayor-vows-to-use-video-to-identify-prosecute-fans-who-partied-without-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Mayor Vows To Use Video To Identify, Prosecute Fans Who Partied Without Masks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftampa-mayor-vows-to-use-video-to-identify-prosecute-fans-who-partied-without-masks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=122080&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1223118078.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Tampa, Florida, mayor Jane Castor vowed, late Monday, to identify and prosecute maskless revelers who took to the streets to celebrate the Tampa Bay Buccaneers\u2019 Super Bowl win Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference Monday afternoon, Castor claimed that Tampa Bay police would use video footage captured of the celebration to \u201cidentify\u201d fans who flouted the city\u2019s mask mandate and \u201chandle\u201d the rule-breaking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had tens of thousands of people all over the city, downtown, out by the stadium and very very few incidents,\u201d Castor began. \u201cSo I\u2019m proud of our community but those few bad actors will be identified and the Tampa Police Department will handle it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She went on to note that the \u201cmajority of the individuals that I saw out and about enjoying the festivities associated with the Super Bowl were complying\u201d with the city\u2019s outdoor mask mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Those that were not, though, could expect a fine if they appear on video \u2014 action taken, the mayor suggested, for their own good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere just has to be that level of personal responsibility. You can supply everyone with a mask, advise them of the science behind it and expect that they are going to abide by the mask order,\u201d Castor said.<\/p>\n<p>Castor did sign an executive order ahead of Super Bowl festivities requiring masks to be worn both inside and outside where social distancing was not possible, but it\u2019s not clear if Tampa law enforcement has the ability to enforce that order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn hopes of curbing so-called superspreader events, Castor had signed a largely voluntary executive order requiring people wear face coverings during the Super Bowl festivities, even while they\u2019re outdoors,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/coronavirus\/os-ne-coronavirus-tampa-super-bowl-party-20210208-du5nwvkmrzdjjjoqwpty7ltaju-story.html\">Orlando Sentinel reported last week<\/a>. \u201cShe pleaded with people to celebrate safely, noting the city could issue fines of up to $500.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city even handed out more than 200,000 masks to make sure no one was without a face covering.<\/p>\n<p>Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, though, signed his own executive order last year making \u201cit difficult for local governments to enforce mask policies because it prohibits them from fining people who don\u2019t comply,\u201d the Sentinel continued.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also not clear how many people can be identified on footage of the post-game celebrations posted to social media. The crowds celebrating the Buccaneers\u2019 win were closely packed into streets and bars surrounding the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>There was at least one readily identifiable individual captured in a photo not wearing a mask at the Super Bowl, though: Tampa mayor Jane Castor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTampa Mayor Jane Castor says she will use the power of the government to hunt down anyone not wearing a mask after the Super Bowl,\u201d sports commentator Dave Hookstead noted on Twitter. \u201cAlso, here\u2019s a photo of the Tampa mayor maskless at a sporting event. The hypocrisy never ends!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tampa Mayor Jane Castor says she will use the power of the government to hunt down anyone not wearing a mask after the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Also, here\u2019s a photo of the Tampa mayor maskless at a sporting event. The hypocrisy never ends! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sE9oNnPs3i\">pic.twitter.com\/sE9oNnPs3i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Hookstead (@dhookstead) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dhookstead\/status\/1359171063758864395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Florida governor Ron DeSantis was also pictured at the game not wearing a mask. When confronted about the photo, DeSantis explained, simply, that he could not drink his beer with his mask on, though he did have one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tampa, Florida, mayor Jane Castor vowed, late Monday, to identify and prosecute maskless revelers who took to the streets to celebrate the Tampa Bay Buccaneers\u2019 Super Bowl win Sunday night. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892990,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5983,4602,5984,5762,4440,5099],"class_list":["post-122080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-identify","tag-mayor","tag-prosecute","tag-tampa","tag-video","tag-vows"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}