# Man arrested for threatening to kill Mayor of Wichita because of city mask law **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-mayor-of-wichita-because-of-city-mask-law/923185 "2020-10-17T15:54:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-mayor-of-wichita-because-of-city-mask-law/923185/1 "2020-10-17T15:54:37Z")
> **[One arrested in threat to kidnap and kill Wichita mayor over COVID-19 mask...](https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article246513655.html)** > > The apparent motive was the suspect’s opposition to “masks and tyranny,” Whipple said. Are threats of violence over COVID restrictions becoming more common? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-mayor-of-wichita-because-of-city-mask-law/923185/2 "2020-10-17T16:02:58Z")
I don’t recall any at all from last year. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-mayor-of-wichita-because-of-city-mask-law/923185/3 "2020-10-17T16:16:41Z")
I think about the number of laws under which we all live, and how we still enjoy more freedoms than almost any other nation in the world. But this is the line ? This is the line between freedom and tyranny ? Is that laid out in some book somewhere ? I’d like to understand it better. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-mayor-of-wichita-because-of-city-mask-law/923185/4 "2020-10-17T17:50:14Z")
It’s not primarily about the masks. Have any of the targets of these maskaphobic nuts been Republicans? This guy (the mayor of Wichita) and Wisconsin governor Gretchen Whitmer are Democrats. Governors Larry Hogan and Jim Justice (Maryland and West Virginia respectively) have repeatedly mandated masks and shutdowns, and I don’t know of any threats against them. Are there counter examples? ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-mayor-of-wichita-because-of-city-mask-law/923185/5 "2020-10-17T18:22:18Z")
The Michigan governor is Gretchen Whitmer, the Virginia gov Northam was also targeted in that plot. I haven’t heard if Wisconsin gov was targeted. The Illinois governor also received threats. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-mayor-of-wichita-because-of-city-mask-law/923185/6 "2020-10-17T18:56:24Z")
My mistake—Whitmer is of course the governor of Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-mayor-of-wichita-because-of-city-mask-law/923185/7 "2020-10-17T19:11:34Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > Have any of the targets of these maskaphobic nuts been Republicans? No, but for balance, all of the perpetrators have been!