A conservative sheriff in Michigan who wanted charges to be filed against a Howell woman for calling out anti-maskers on Twitter won’t get his way….
Summary
- click to enlarge ShutterstockIn a series of tweets earlier this month, Kasey Helton took aim at anti-mask nurses who spread misinformation about COVID-19.
- This evening I was notified by my attorney that the Livingston County prosecutor’s office WILL NOT seek felony charges for a dubious criminal complaint brought against me by the @LCSOMI related to my tweets exposing nurses for publicly spreading COVID #misinfo at gov’t meetings.
- In one of the tweets, Helton pointed out that one of the self-described registered nurses, who insisted masks collect “poop” and other bacteria, appears to work at St. Joseph Health.
- One of the nurses filed a personal protection order against her.“I want answers as to how this investigation came about and who was involved.
- Myself and my family deserve this for the pain of injustice that has been brought about by the @LCSOMI politically-motivated attempt to silence me,” Helton tweeted Tuesday.Progress Michigan, a progressive advocacy group, filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the sheriff’s office and prosecutor’s office on Dec. 15 for communication related to the case.couldn’t reach Murphy for comment.