Even in Texas, the government thinks they are king. Problem is, Dallas has been trending Democrat for several years now, and now they are using the governor’s executive order to arrest people. Take for instance hair salon owner Shelley Luther. She couldn’t keep taking the daily loses to her business so she re-opened her hair salon in Dallas. What happens next? She gets arrested for seven days and gets up to a $7,000 fine.
While murders, child rapists and other criminals are being released from jail, a business owner is arrested because she re-opened her own business. Welcome to 2020.
Where are you Greg Abbott?
| Even in Texas! Shelley Luther who reopened her hair salon gets 7 days in jail (Dallas) |
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A Dallas hair salon owner who defied a Coronavirus lockdown order will spend seven days in jail, according to a local news report. The salon owner refused to keep her business closed and defied a direct cease and desist order from Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins in April.
“Shelley Luther, a Dallas hair salon owner who opened in violation of the governor’s executive order, sentenced to 7 days in jail for civil / criminal contempt of court and fined $7,000,” CBSDFW reported Andrea Lucia tweeted on Tuesday.
The move to fine and incarcerate Luther comes on the same day that Governor Greg Abbott announced that hair salons will be able to re-open on Friday, May 8.
In April, Salon Á la Mode owner Shelley Luther re-opened her hair salon in defiance of orders by the county that she remained closed, Breitbart Texas reported on April 25. “Every owner of every salon should use their own best judgement when to reopen,” the Texas governor said during a press conference that occurred at the same time the fine and jail sentence were announced in Dallas.
At this time, it is not clear what judge issued the contempt order that includes the seven-day jail sentence and the fine pf $500 per day.
Luther told WFAA ABC8 she is “prepared to take on whatever it is that comes with” re-opening her business. She said she had to choose between paying her lease or her mortgage this month because of the stay-at-home order.
“I don’t want to cause any problems, but when you’re out of money someone has to stand up and say that they’re not helping us by not letting us work,” she explained. Luther is unable to perform any of her three jobs — musician, makeup artist, and hairstylist — because of the lockdown of the county.