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(16,693 posts) Sun Jul 12, 2020, 07:23 AM Jul 2020

Maskless man wields gun after getting kicked out of Arizona yogurt shop [View all]

https://ktar.com/story/3380027/maskless-man-wields-gun-after-getting-kicked-out-of-arizona-yogurt-shop/

Maskless man wields gun after getting kicked out of Arizona yogurt shop

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS | JULY 10, 2020 AT 3:00 PM
UPDATED: JULY 11, 2020 AT 8:46 PM

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — A Yuma man who was ejected from a frozen yogurt shop for not wearing a mask is facing charges for pulling out a gun in response.

Yuma County Sheriff’s officials say the incident happened around 6:15 p.m. Thursday when 64-year-old Steven Covington entered Tiki Hut Frozen Yogurt.

According to the staff, Covington was agitated when told to wear a face covering and gloves provided by the store. Covington then started dispensing frozen yogurt into his bare hands.

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Maskless man wields gun after getting kicked out of Arizona yogurt shop [View all] sl8 Jul 2020 OP

Diaper change needed on aisle five.... magicarpet Jul 2020 #1

idiot.... samnsara Jul 2020 #2

And that's why I don't engage with "difficult" customers like that as a cashier. no_hypocrisy Jul 2020 #3

I fully understand Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #4

Also, the Dotard is doing everything he can to normalize Being an raccoon Jul 2020 #21

I believe he was doing it lo-o-ong before that! nt pazzyanne Jul 2020 #22

This was going on long before The "Esteemed" Mr Trump Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #24

You have to do what you have to do Cosmocat Jul 2020 #5

Charles Bronsonish...wow that is it, isn't it ms liberty Jul 2020 #9

In between Bronson's "Death Wish" BumRushDaShow Jul 2020 #15

And now we're going back further, bc Dirty Harry was before Sudden Impact ms liberty Jul 2020 #17

Yup BumRushDaShow Jul 2020 #20

It used to be the mark of sophistication if you could hear the William Tell Overture spike jones Jul 2020 #29

LOL so true! BumRushDaShow Jul 2020 #30

when i was going, up it was john wayne and or ramboizim. AllaN01Bear Jul 2020 #18

And that's why we all need to be extra nice... paleotn Jul 2020 #26

Thanks so much paleotn. no_hypocrisy Jul 2020 #27

--- started pumping yogurt into his bare hands. 3Hotdogs Jul 2020 #6

Maybe there's security camera video that will eventually surface. NurseJackie Jul 2020 #8

was hoping his hands burned . AllaN01Bear Jul 2020 #19

ewww sounds like a new urban slang for Dukkha Jul 2020 #28

Ya can't post about that activity. 3Hotdogs Jul 2020 #31

Did he feel threatened? Was he "standing his ground"? NurseJackie Jul 2020 #7

We take our retail frozen desserts very seriously grantcart Jul 2020 #11

Interesting. I did not know that. NurseJackie Jul 2020 #14

We do that in Austin, too, only we have our hippie friend's grandkids do it. marble falls Jul 2020 #23

Kick grantcart Jul 2020 #10

Oh how times have changed. flamin lib Jul 2020 #12

LOL. "Who was that maskless man?" sl8 Jul 2020 #16

Because ... entitlement (perceived entitlement). . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #13

Throw his ass in jail and take away his gun rights!! aeromanKC Jul 2020 #25

Have the police seized/confiscated his other guns yet? Mopar151 Jul 2020 #32