Dozens Protest Florida Mask Ordinance

Nearly 100 Martin County residents gathered to say they won't comply with a newly passed ordinance aimed at slowing the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus. WPTV's Meghan McRoberts reports.

(WPTV/NBC News) — Dozens took to the streets Saturday to protest Martin County, Florida’s new mask ordinance.

The order requires people to wear masks in businesses and outside spaces where social distancing isn’t possible.

Commissioners said it passed as an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus through the county.

Curtis Crocker said he’s protesting, even as a COVID-19 survivor.

“It’s not that I don’t care about other people getting sick,” he said. “I lost two of my friends this week that died from COVID this week.”

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