Texas man under investigation for threatening Facebook post about mask policy at Whole Foods

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Texas man under investigation for threatening Facebook post about mask policy at Whole Foods

By Gregory Lemos, CNN 7 hrs ago

The Highland Park Police Department is investigating a Dallas-area man for a threatening Facebook post, according to Community Relations Officer Lt. Lance Koppa.

Kevin Bain was also fired by the law firm where he worked as a document service manager. Thompson & Knight, LLC confirmed to CNN that Bain was dismissed after the law firm learned of and investigated a post on a page bearing Bain's name on May 8, where the author allegedly wrote that any business that tells him to wear a mask "will get told to kiss my Corona a**." The post has since been removed from Facebook.

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[PeteS in CA]

Well, if his FB post actually had specific threats then a criminal investigation is in order. If it was merely crude venting, well it's free speech, subject to Face Plant's standards. As for Whole Foods, they are a private business. They have the right to have such rules - as do restaurants with "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service" rules. Whole Foods has this mask rule out of concern for their employees, who are in contact with more individual people in a single day than most people are in a week or even a month. If that crude moron doesn't like it, he can take his business elsewhere. Or if they offer the service, order products online from Whole Foods o to be delivered to his home.