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TexasTowelie

(116,601 posts)
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 05:46 AM Jan 2021

Philadelphia health department inspectors receiving violent threats from businesses when enforcing

City health department inspectors receiving violent threats from businesses when enforcing COVID-19 protocols


Some employees in the Philadelphia Department of Public Health — especially Black women — are being "threatened with violence" when they attempt to inspect food establishments for COVID-19 compliance protocols, according to a source.

At least twice within the last week, employees of dining establishments harassed and threatened women of color health inspectors, preventing them from completing inspections, said a source within the health department.

Health department officials are also concerned about several threatening social media posts on the Facebook page of Fink’s Hoagies, at 4633 Princeton Ave. in Tacony, which was recently shut down for non-compliance with the city's COVID-19 protocols.

"They are legitimate, actual threats of violence," the health department source said about comments on the Facebook page.

Read more: https://www.phillytrib.com/news/local_news/city-health-department-inspectors-receiving-violent-threats-from-businesses-when-enforcing-covid-19-protocols/article_3a890489-9372-52d6-a203-01f2723f8e48.html
(Philadelphia Tribune)
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Philadelphia health department inspectors receiving violent threats from businesses when enforcing (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2021 OP
Health Dept should name them on front page of Captain Zero Jan 2021 #1
Shut 'em down permanently. Arrest the ones making the threats. Grokenstein Jan 2021 #2
Pull their licenses & arrest those threatening! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #3
Health inspectors now need safeinOhio Jan 2021 #4

Grokenstein

(5,824 posts)
2. Shut 'em down permanently. Arrest the ones making the threats.
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 05:53 AM
Jan 2021

Make it known that such bullshit is unacceptable and anyone who tries it is not welcome in the community.

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