Peoples Republic Of Kentucky: Churchgoers Met With Police And Nails (VIDEO)
Some Easter churchgoers in Kentucky were determined to attend service over the weekend despite threats from the states Governor Andy Beshear who threaten to record license plate numbers.
When members of the Maryville Baptist Church arrived they found piles of nails spread scattered at every entrance.
I’m at Maryville Baptist Church, which continues to hold in-person services despite orders to cease . This morning, piles of nails have been scattered at every entrance. pic.twitter.com/WcxkqtVZQw
— Sarah Ladd (@ladd_sarah) April 12, 2020
After the nails were cleaned up the Kentucky State Police showed up with flyers asking those that attended church to quarantine themselves for 14 days…
The church has set up a speaker outside and is playing the service through it. “We shall rise.”
— Sarah Ladd (@ladd_sarah) April 12, 2020
Putting notices on every car, even those belonging to the press and media pic.twitter.com/2LEtzkM7zf
— Sarah Ladd (@ladd_sarah) April 12, 2020
I found it interesting that none of the police were wearing masks as they handed out the notices.
A better look at the notice pic.twitter.com/THVmA7mDuc
— Sarah Ladd (@ladd_sarah) April 12, 2020
According to the Courier-Journal police believe that Maryville was the only church that violated the order. Other congregations did hold drive-in services where people stayed in their cars. Those services weren’t ticketed by police, also police did not ticket parishioners at Maryville Baptists Church that listened to the service from inside their vehicle.
State Police did write down license plate numbers, Gov. Andy Beshear said that those that attended will receive a letter in the mail asking them to self-quarantine for attending the service. Beshear said that no one is going to be charged with a crime.
Beshear was also asked if he was considering using electronic monitoring for those that attended to make sure they quarantine themselves like the state did in Jefferson county. “It’s not going to come to that, we don’t need any of that. We just need people to do the right thing,” Beshear said.
