{"id":508677,"date":"2021-05-14T16:50:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T20:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=508677"},"modified":"2021-05-14T16:51:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T20:51:06","slug":"fighting-back-dad-facing-jail-time-banned-from-kids-school-for-refusing-mask-outside-if-i-have-to-sue-i-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fighting-back-dad-facing-jail-time-banned-from-kids-school-for-refusing-mask-outside-if-i-have-to-sue-i-will\/","title":{"rendered":"FIGHTING BACK: Dad Facing Jail Time, Banned From Kids\u2019 School For Refusing Mask Outside: If I Have To Sue, I Will\u00a0"},"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\">42<\/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%2Ffighting-back-dad-facing-jail-time-banned-from-kids-school-for-refusing-mask-outside-if-i-have-to-sue-i-will%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=508677&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\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-14-at-9.12.00-AM-1002x800-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/father-facing-90-days-in-prison-for-refusing-to-wear-mask-at-sons-baseball-game\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, Rochester, New York father Chad Hummel was arrested last week and charged with criminal trespassing at his son\u2019s high school baseball game after he refused to put on a mask, even though the game was outdoors and he was far outside the recommended six-feet social distancing guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Hummel spoke to The Daily Wire on Thursday and offered context to the arrest, arguing that he has been specifically targeted by the school due to his past pushback against arbitrary COVID guidance and critical race theory curricula affecting his children.<\/p>\n<p>Hummel, who is an attorney, also provided evidence to The Daily Wire showing that the school district has outright banned him from campus until June 30. The ban means Hummel is not allowed to even watch his kids\u2019 sporting events from his vehicle or drop them off outside the school. The ban stretches mere days after his son, a senior, is set to walk across the graduation stage, another moment Hummel will miss.<\/p>\n<p>Even more troubling, Hummel told us that his son, who started and played in every baseball game and scrimmage prior to the mask incident, is curiously being benched for away games, which are the games Hummel can attend, while playing his regular amount at home games, the games Mr. Hummel is banned from watching.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backstory\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 5\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\" readability=\"9.5\">\n<div class=\"column\" readability=\"14\">\n<p>Hummel told The Daily Wire that late last month he and other parents were on an introductory Zoom call with his son\u2019s varsity baseball coach when the school mask policy was raised. The coach told parents and guardians that they were required to wear their masks at all times, even outdoors. Hummel jumped in and argued that school guidance doesn\u2019t jive with such a requirement, and that signs around the school specifically say masks must be worn only when you cannot maintain social distancing. The coach said he would get back to Hummel, and presumably spoke to the athletic director, Kyle Vacanti.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 6\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\" readability=\"15.45083621684\">\n<div class=\"column\" readability=\"25.91753171857\">\n<p>Notably, months before the mask incident at the baseball game, Hummel says he and his wife were shouted down by Vacanti for not wearing masks at his daughter\u2019s outdoor cross-country meet while they were social distancing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got shouted down by the athletic director,\u201d he said. After they refused to put on their masks,\u00a0Vacanti told Hummel and his wife that if they didn\u2019t leave the park \u201che was going to force us to leave.\u201d Hummel says he reminded the AD that the park was\u00a0public property, and Vacanti\u00a0backed off.<\/p>\n<p>Two days after the Zoom call,\u00a0Vacanti sent out a lengthy email to some 400 parents, presumably to those of students participating in spring sports. The letter emphasized that masks were required at all times and parents were going to be expected to submit to a temperature check and a COVID screening sign-in when they came to any athletic event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 7\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\" readability=\"24.358826610791\">\n<div class=\"column\" readability=\"43.746464117339\">\n<p>Hummel responded to the email: \u201cI sent a\u00a0pretty lengthy response right back to the athletic director and I documented all of the actual guidance that he was claiming to be following.\u00a0I documented the New York State Department of Health guidance; I documented the New York State Public High School Athletic Association guidance, the\u00a0executive orders issued by [New York Gov. Andrew] Cuomo that state that you don\u2019t have to wear masks when social distancing, I documented the New York state code\u00a0of rules and regulations that came out of the public health law that say the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The night before the baseball game, Vacanti\u00a0emailed Hummel directly, essentially telling the father that if he were to show up on campus\u00a0unmasked, he would be forcefully removed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease understand that you are required by New York State Department of Health regulations and the East Irondequoit School Board of Education policy regarding face coverings to wear an appropriate mask while in attendance at any school event on school grounds,\u201d the email said. \u201cThis and other rules and regulations must be followed. If you refuse to comply with the mask rule or other rules, then we will have no choice but to remove you from the event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt didn\u2019t matter that I cited all of the actual guidance and provided copies of it,\u201d Hummel said. \u201cThey were going to do their own thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hummel also told The Daily Wire that he has in the past fought against a book he and other parents found inappropriate that was going to be taught to his 7th grade daughters. The school backed down, apologized, and abandoned the content.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Arrest\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hummel said he and his wife went to the game on May 1 without their masks, and intentionally spaced themselves at least 150 feet away from anyone else in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>The spacing didn\u2019t matter, though.\u00a0Within five minutes, Hummel was approached by a man named\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastiron.org\/domain\/1091\">Jim Carroll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 10\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\" readability=\"13.5\">\n<div class=\"column\" readability=\"22\">\n<p>Carroll told the couple to put their masks on. The Hummels refused and said they were following guidance and asked Carroll to leave them alone. The estimated three-minute long discussion ended with Carroll calling the\u00a0Irondequoit police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey approached me and my wife; they really kind of just approached me. Both officers directed their attention\u00a0right at me and then one of the officers takes the lead and says, \u2018Let\u2019s cut to the chase, are you gonna leave or am I cuffing you?\u2019\u00a0I said, \u2018Well, why would you be cuffing me?\u2019 And he said, \u2018Okay, turn around.&#8217;\u201d (Note: Hummel said he was paraphrasing to the best of his recollection.)<\/p>\n<p>They then arrested Mr. Hummel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Banned by the District\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Days later, Hummel said a letter was dropped off to his house informing him that he was banned from the district campus. The father noted that he lives on a private drive, and the person who delivered the letter telling him he was banned for alleged criminal trespassing ironically trespassed on his property.<\/p>\n<p>The letter notifying Hummel of the ban, which is\u00a0signed by Superintendent Mary Grow,\u00a0states in part:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"21\">\n<p><em>This letter is written to notify you that you are prohibited from entering or remaining anywhere on East Irondequoit Central School District property or attending school district events from May 3, 2021 until June 30, 2021 \u2026\u00a0We are taking the step because of your recent violation of School Board policy 2090, which requires students staff and visitors to wear an appropriate face covering at all times went on school property unless authorized to remove the mask during a mask break when social distancing is maintained.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This ban applies not only to our school district buildings, but also to all parts of campus, including parking lots, driveways, and fields. It also applies to our school district events. The ban will remain in effect until June 30, 2021. \u2026\u00a0Please understand that your unauthorized presence and school district property or school district events in violation of the aforementioned conditions will be considered to be trespassing and will be reported to law enforcement.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Motion to Dismiss\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hummel has made a\u00a0motion to dismiss the criminal trespassing charge, which he says is absurdly heavy-handed and overreaching. The judge did not deny the request, but asked this week that it be made in written form.<\/p>\n<p>An attorney himself, Hummel expects the excessive charge to be dropped from criminal trespassing to a lower level offense of trespassing by the time he\u2019s due back in court on June 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, not wearing a mask is not an unlawful act; there\u2019s no crime; there\u2019s no statute; there\u2019s no way to charge somebody,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>And if and when the charge is either lowered or dropped, he will likely sue the district for violating his civil rights, he told us.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 6\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 14\" readability=\"42\">\n<div class=\"section\" readability=\"29\">\n<p><strong>Message to the District\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hummel\u2019s message to the district is simple: offer a public apology and the necessary resignations, or he will sue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message to the school district is simply this: I could have a pretty substantial civil rights lawsuit when my criminal case gets dismissed,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I\u2019m not in this for the money. I don\u2019t want their money. If they want to issue a public apology to all of the people that they\u2019ve been heavy-handed against, and if a couple people want to publicly resign, I\u2019ll give them a full release of my lawsuit that I could bring against them once my criminal case is dismissed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If certain people resign, including Superintendent Mary Grow, Hummel emphasized that he will gladly drop his intention to sue \u2014 but the choice is in their hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can keep the money; I don\u2019t want it. If they don\u2019t want to resign and they don\u2019t want to issue a public apology, then they\u2019re going to make that decision for me. They\u2019ll give me no choice; I\u2019ll have to bring a lawsuit against them. It\u2019s that simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Message to Other\u00a0Parents\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asked about what Hummel might want to say to other parents who are at odds with their school district, he said he\u2019s hopeful his actions encourage others to stand up for what they believe in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want my message to be what my action was \u2014 I had the opportunity to walk away and not be arrested. But I wanted my message to be what my actions were, and that is to show people that if this is what we have to do to fight back, to submit to being arrested, then this is what we have to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want anyone to have to go through this,\u201d he continued. \u201cI don\u2019t want any other individual to miss out on what I\u2019m missing out on right now. Hopefully, my submission to this arrest will be the catalyst that will break free for everybody else, so that they don\u2019t have to get arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, it\u2019s time to do something. I\u2019m not telling you to go get arrested \u2014 it\u2019s not for everyone,\u201d he quipped. \u201cBut you do have to find something to do and fight it. \u2026 If one of you goes out and fights just one thing, realize that there\u2019s a thousand people that you\u2019re fighting for, and if the other person goes out and fights another thing, then that\u2019s something that another thousand people wishes that they could do; everybody just has to find their one thing, right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was my one thing and I did it. Now everybody else has got to go find their one thing to fight back against \u2014 either critical race theory, mandatory vaccinations \u2014 you know, go find something and fight for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/father-facing-90-days-in-prison-for-refusing-to-wear-mask-at-sons-baseball-game\">Father Facing 90 Days In Prison For Refusing To Wear Mask At Son\u2019s Baseball\u00a0Game<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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