One man said he was arrested at a Disney park after allegedly refusing a temperature check. authorities that he could not be forced to leave the facility because he paid $ 15,000 at the resort, according to images from the body’s camera released this week and obtained by The Washington Post.
“I paid $ 15,000. You can’t invade me if I pay $ 15,000, ”said the man, identified by the police as Kelly Sills, to the police in Disney Springs, Florida.
According to a police report from the Orange County Police Department quoted by NBC News, Sills, a tourist from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, avoided a medical exam at Disney Springs in February and refused to have his temperature checked when questioned by officials from Disney.
Delegates and a Disney Springs security manager approached Sills when he was outside the Boathouse restaurant, according to the network. Sills allegedly argued with the security manager, and then the manager said that he “was no longer welcome in the park today”.
Later in the video, Sills is heard asking for his temperature to be measured before being expelled, according to the Post.
“Will you take my temperature before you expel me, please?” he asked in the video, according to the Post.
“They will do this in prison,” replied a deputy.
“Well, that’s a good thing,” said Sills.
Sills pleaded not guilty to the trespassing charge, NBC News reported, citing Orange County court records.
In an interview with the Post, Sills said he would be “happy” if his temperature was measured, but he accidentally went in through an exit, without realizing his mistake. He also blamed the security manager for escalating the incident and compared Disney’s security to the Nazis and the mafia.
He did, however, admit that he was “a little moody” that day after the trip.
The incident occurred in Florida, where restrictions on coronavirus were widely relaxed across the state.
Last month, spring break filled Miami Beach, which led the city to declare a state of emergency because of the large crowd.
A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week found that the number of COVID-19 cases in Florida due to variants of the virus had more than doubled the previous two weeks. On March 20, the state became the third state to achieve 2 million coronavirus infections, following California and Texas.
The episode at Disney Spring is the most recent in a series of incidents involving customers who refused to comply with COVID-19 restrictions.
In February, security footage captured an employee at a Colorado grocery store getting slapped in the face after asking a customer to wear a face mask. According to Denver Fox affiliated station, KDVR, an employee at a King Soopers grocery store asked a customer to put on a mask, causing the customer to call the employee an ordinary name and slap him.
Last summer, a woman from Colorado was caught in the camera calling the team “Nazis” after she was asked to leave a liquor store for refusing to obey the store’s mask policy.
In February, the Transportation Security Administration was authorized to fine passengers who refuse to meet the mask requirements in public transport systems.