Accused criminals across the United States have started using the threat of deadly COVID-19 infection as a weapon in attacks on police, retail clerks and grocers trying to keep the nation fed during lockdown.
A man, identified by police as Rex Gomoll, appears to wipe his nose and face on the shirt of a Dollar Tree store employee after being advised that all customers must wear a face covering to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease in Holly, Michigan, U.S., May 2, 2020 in a screenshot from surveillance footage. Courtesy of the Holly Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
In St. Petersburg, Florida, a man coughed and spit on police and threatened to spread the virus as they responded to domestic violence calls to his home. He faces up to five years in prison on federal charges of perpetrating a biological weapons hoax after his test results came back negative. Advocates for HIV-positive people said states drafting such laws should be careful not to make them so broad that they punish poor and minority communities, as studies show HIV criminalization has, according to the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy at UCLA School of Law.
Criminalization of COVID-19, on the other hand, is not gaining immediate momentum because it primarily affects the elderly and those with pre-existing conditions, Sears said.
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