Mother and father are demanding motion from police towards a person who has allegedly been harassing their kids over their faculty's masks guidelines.

On Monday night time, mother and father gathered exterior the Sheriff's Workplace in La Crescenta, California, over the problem, CBS Los Angeles reported. The person, who has been captured on video carrying a shirt studying "Your Masks Makes You Look Silly," allegedly harasses college students as they stroll from faculty.

In a single specific video, the person was seen slinging anti-mask rhetoric at a gaggle of scholars in a parking zone close to Rosemont Center Faculty in La Crescenta. His tirade additionally included a number of vulgar phrases. He has claimed to have kids within the native faculty system and refers to masks mandates as youngster abuse.

"Clearly there's a downside right here, not only a psychological well being downside however an anger administration situation the place he feels compelled to assault people who find themselves extra weak than him," native mother or father Emily Lanigan informed CBS Los Angeles.

One mother or father, who recognized himself solely as Ned to CBS Los Angeles, mentioned that he confronted the person throughout one in all his tirades.

"They had been clearly getting scared," Ned defined. "He was getting three to 5 inches away and coughing of their faces."

Ned tried to report the person to police after this incident however mentioned that after a deputy arrived, he mentioned that it was not clear that a crime had been dedicated after which turned his consideration to the scholars.

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A person in Los Angeles County has been filmed harassing faculty kids with anti-mask rhetoric. Right here, a representational picture of college kids carrying masks.Chandan Khanna/AFP through Getty Pictures

"He determined to lecture the youngsters about freedom of speech as a substitute of taking their names and writing an incident report," Lanigan defined.

Los Angeles Sheriff's Division Lieutenant Robert Hahnlein informed CBS Los Angeles that the division is conscious of the problem with the person and is presently working to analyze the matter.

"I've sympathy for the mother and father," Hahnlein informed CBS Los Angeles. "If my children had been there when this occurred, I'd be upset too and I'd need one thing accomplished."

Newsweek reached out to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Division for a touch upon this story.

In December, the Los Angeles County Faculty District delayed its formidable plan to mandate vaccinations for college kids 12 and older. Following a faculty board vote on December 14, the deadline for vaccination was pushed again from January 10 to some level later in fall 2022. Had the deadline remained in place, a sizeable quantity of scholars would have been required to return to digital courses.

Correction 01/25/2022, 4:46 p.m. ET: This text has been corrected to mirror that the Glendale Police Division just isn't aiding Los Angeles County Sheriff's Division within the investigation.