Tue Aug 3, 2021 – 2:32 pm EDTTue Aug 3, 2021 – 2:52 pm EDT
BRISBANE, Australia (LifeSiteNews) — An elderly man collapsed into spasms and was in severe medical distress Monday after police arrested and handcuffed him for not wearing a mask in a wide-open public park, despite having been warned that the gentleman has breathing difficulties and a heart condition.
The horrifying scene took place in Brisbane, Australia’s Botanical Gardens where the man —who has a mask exemption because of his medical condition — had gone to exercise.
“This is TYRANNY! Elderly man arrested in Queensland park for not wearing a mask (he was exempt) then suffers heart attack. Are they trying to kill people with their terror?” asked a Twitter user.
This is TYRANNY! Elderly man arrested in Queensland park for not wearing a mask (he was exempt) then suffers heart attack. Are they trying to kill people with their terror? pic.twitter.com/CLSid2VnXq
— leilani dowding (@LeilaniDowding) August 3, 2021
“I’ve lost faith in humanity,” declared another. “[E]lderly gentleman in Queensland was arrested for no mask (he has a mask exemption). He was walking in Brisbane Botanical Gardens. Due to the arrest the gentleman suffered a seizure and went into cardiac arrest.”
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