Florida Pastor Speaks Out After Being Arrested For Holding Church Service During Pandemic Lockdown
Tampa-area Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne, is out of the slammer. As we previously reported, he was arrested earlier this week for violating quarantine and stay-at-home orders by holding church service on Sunday!
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Howard-Browne took to his own podcast/telecast shortly after being released Monday night to explain why he ignored those orders by state officials and put hundreds of people’s lives at risk. While recalling the service, he says that he believes he did absolutely nothing wrong.
In addition to that, Pastor Browne put blame on the media, saying a lot of outlets are hyping the threat of coronavirus and fear-mongering to get everyone scared and panicked.
As we previously noted, the county had already issued a “safer-at-home” order banning gatherings of no more than 10 people. Browne was clearly way over that amount which means he violated the guidelines. The rule also stated that people were not to stand within 6 feet of one another — another clear violation in the video from the church’s service.
On top of unlawful assembly, Brown was also booked for violating health and safety rules. Still, he did not seem bothered by the charges at all.
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