A Florida attorney says he plans to sue the county he lives in for its coronavirus curfew.
"People should not just sit idly by and say, 'Oh, this is OK," Tampa attorney Patrick Leduc said Tuesday in reference to Hillsborough County’s 9 p.m. curfew,. "It's not OK.
"Our elected officials are not showing good judgment. This ordinance does not pass constitutional muster, and it must die the death it deserves."
The curfew was announced Monday by the county's emergency policy group with a 5-3 vote.
"The only way we're going to stop this right now is to have the curfew, and the curfew has to go in place," Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners Chairman Les Miller said, according to WTFS. "We tried the safer-at-home, in many instances, not working. Yes, there are those abiding what the safer-at-home; we appreciate that. We really, really do for those that are doing the right thing; we appreciate it.
"But there are a lot of people out there that are not. And those ones that are not could put those that are in jeopardy."
COVID-19 has infected more than 2 million people and killed at least 129,045 worldwide, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Hillsborough County implemented a stay-at-home order in March.
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