A mayor ordered police to crack down on social gatherings. They found his wife at a bar

A mayor in Illinois pleaded with residents last week to follow the state's stay at home order. After officers reported that people were continuing to defy the rules, the mayor said he had directed the city's police department to use its discretion in issuing citations and arrests.

"These are very serious times and I'm begging you to please stay at home," Brant Walker, mayor of Alton, Illinois, said in a briefing on Friday. Less than 48 hours later, police broke up a gathering at Hiram's Tavern in downtown Alton. Among those in attendance: Mayor Walker's wife.

Officers found no unauthorized activity until Sunday when "several individuals were located inside Hiram's Tavern in an area outside public view. Walker announced in a statement on Monday that police had investigated and stopped a social gathering in violation of Illinois' statewide order around 1 a.m. on Sunday. He said police also informed him that his wife was there.

The mayor said in his statement that he was embarrassed by his wife's actions. "My wife is an adult capable of making her own decisions, and in this instance she exhibited a stunning lack of judgement," Walker said. "She now faces the same consequences for her ill-advised decision as the other individuals who chose to violate the 'Stay At Home' order during this incident."

(So, at 1 a.m. on a Sunday, the mayor’s wife is found in a ‘social gathering’ in a bar area outside public view? I think the mayor’s wife needs to 'Stay At Home')

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