Once again, anti-maskers protest outside a California Trader Joe’s – By Joshua Bote (SF Gate) / Mar 1 2021
In a repeat of a Valentine’s Day protest, a group of anti-maskers with picket signs congregated outside of a Trader Joe’s in Santa Cruz to protest the city’s mask mandate.
Unlike the organization’s earlier February demonstration, in which they stormed into the grocery store and took food from the shelves — while leaving cash at registers for cashiers who refused to serve them — this protest took place almost exclusively outsid
This go-around, a line of Trader Joe’s employees guarded the entrances — prohibiting entry for the group of protesters while letting masked customers enter.
Sunday, in fact, was allegedly known as “National Maskless Day,” based on fliers hung up by the group around the city, reported the Santa Cruz Sentinel. The group regularly protests outside the city’s farmer’s market. It also offers “free hugs,” according to Lookout Santa Cruz.
