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Ace Speedway in North Carolina reportedly welcomed 2,000-plus spectators on Saturday night after declaring itself as “a peaceful protest of injustice and inequality everywhere.”
Lockdown-loving Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper is not happy because the event at the racetrack supposedly violates his phase 2 executive order that limits public gatherings to 25 people along with social distancing.
Cooper, however, marched with protesters in Raleigh on June 1 apparently without abiding by social distancing guidelines.
In the name of public health, governors primarily in blue states aggressively went after citizens who violated what amounted to house arrest during the coronavirus pandemic, but immediately abandoned concerns about mass gatherings as soon as the George Floyd protests heated up.
According to the governor’s office which in a four-page letter encouraged the Alamance County Sheriff to intervene, the track located in Elon, N.C. allowed more than 2,000 fans into the venue on May 23, and held another race on May 30 in which more than 25 people showed up without face masks and were mingling close together.
A racetrack in North Carolina is holding races again with full audience attendance by calling the race a “PEACEFUL protest of injustice and inequality everywhere.”
North Carolina is still in strict coronavirus lockdown mode.
Seems logical that churches and larger venues follow: pic.twitter.com/VQZFtvHh2i— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 7, 2020
“Citing the First Amendment of the constitution, the right to peaceably assemble, [Sheriff Terry] Johnson said he would not stop crowds from attending races,” WFMY reported, and that Johnson is evaluating the peaceful protest claim.
Earlier news accounts suggested that Sheriff Johnson would enforce the governor’s order, classified as a class 2 misdemeanor, although he didn’t agree with it based on its complicated legal foundation, even though the Cooper administration insists the governor’s edict uses plain and unambiguous language.
The governor’s office noted it will take some kind of “further action” if the sheriff doesn’t follow up.
Sheriff Johnson added that “the speedway aimed to host what he described as a ‘unity race.’ The event, he said, was geared toward rallying the community after the death of George Floyd on May 25 in Minneapolis. Johnson argued the race at Ace Speedway is no different than Cooper marching with a crowd of protesters outside the Executive Mansion on June 1 with his mask down, exposing his face,’ the Winston-Salem Journal reported.
And here’s NC’s Governor marching with BLM and ANTIFA in Raleigh – with his mask off – grinning at the camera. Also note the four armed guards with him. The lack of self-awareness here would be breathtaking if one believed any existed at all. https://t.co/nPtaf2wWrm
— TestaDuda (@TestaDuda) June 7, 2020
Cooper described the Ace Speedway attendance as a “dangerous situation” and a “reckless way to operate.”
The Ace Speedway track owner says the venue is following CDC guidelines.
Roy Cooper is the same official that pulled the rug out from under the Republican National Convention that was set for Charlotte in August.
Other Twitter users weighed in on the governor’s apparent hypocrisy and the racetrack’s creativity.
I was just talking about this with a friend who owns a restaurant. He should hold a “Peaceful Protest” that way he can get around the corona distancing ban. 👍
— 850Strong⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@thebeach32408) June 7, 2020
I you can’t beat em join em haha! Just call all gatherings peaceful protests.
— Pauline Brason (@PollyBras) June 7, 2020
We can protest at church too. Right?😇
— MSG1982 (@MSG19821) June 7, 2020
Some already are pic.twitter.com/pJePqv7a7B
— Not going to be Reginald Denny’d (@donaldsangry) June 7, 2020
Including RNC Convention!
— Pork Fat Rules 🇺🇸 (@2econdJ) June 7, 2020
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Robert Jonathan is a staff writer for BizPac Review. He is a longtime writer/editor for news aggregation websites and has also developed content in the legal and financial publishing sectors as well as for online education. He earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Law, “a law school the basketball teams can be proud of.”
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