4/23/2020, 7:31 am
Welcome to the new America where law-abiding citizens are arrested while criminals are released from jail.
An Idaho woman is facing 6 months in jail and or a $1,000 fine for holding a yard sale.
Christa Thompson was helping her husband Peter, a truck driver, sell his late father's belongings at a yard sale when police issued her a citation for violating the Governor's Coronavirus lockdown order.
Peter Thompson told the Idaho Freedom Foundation that after his father passed away he had a significant financial incentive to sell his father's belongings because his family took over his storage unit which was cost $1,000 a month.
The Rathdrum Police Department, however, said the Thompson's yard sale was “non-essential.”
“On April 17, 2020 Rathdrum Police issued a citation in response to Governor Little's Stay-at-Home Order. The family has had a yard sale for the past week within the City of Rathdrum. A garage sale/yard sale is not an essential business and should not be open for business,” the Rathdrum Police Department said
An Idaho woman is facing 6 months in jail and or a $1,000 fine for holding a yard sale.
Christa Thompson was helping her husband Peter, a truck driver, sell his late father's belongings at a yard sale when police issued her a citation for violating the Governor's Coronavirus lockdown order.
Peter Thompson told the Idaho Freedom Foundation that after his father passed away he had a significant financial incentive to sell his father's belongings because his family took over his storage unit which was cost $1,000 a month.
The Rathdrum Police Department, however, said the Thompson's yard sale was “non-essential.”
“On April 17, 2020 Rathdrum Police issued a citation in response to Governor Little's Stay-at-Home Order. The family has had a yard sale for the past week within the City of Rathdrum. A garage sale/yard sale is not an essential business and should not be open for business,” the Rathdrum Police Department said
