Salon Owner Jailed for Opening Business
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We ran the numbers: There are 1788 news articles covering this topic. 36% (652) are left leaning, 39% (702) center, 24% (434) right leaning.
Shelley Luther, owner of Salon À la Mode in Dallas, had been operating her business despite a county official’s cease-and-desist letter ordering her to close. Luther was sentenced to seven days in jail Tuesday after defying social distancing restrictions requiring her salon to stay closed. While left-leaning articles highlight that Luther refused her chance to make things right, right-leaning articles highlight that Texas governor Greg Abbott said he believed the move was excessive.
The Washington Post published a left-leaning article highlighting that Dallas County State District Judge Eric Moyé offered her a chance to make things right by admitting her actions were selfish and wrong, but on each condition, Luther refused. Luther’s attorney, Warren Norred, said he would be filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to try to free Luther from jail and that the salon would not be shutting down before Friday, even as it incurs a $500 fine for each day it violates Moyé’s order.
A centrist article by The Hill reports that Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to Moyé condemning his order and supporting Luther, saying she should be “immediately” released. Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) also criticized the judge’s sentence, tweeting that the “punishments are not just” and that “small-minded ‘leaders’ across the county have become drunk with power.”
Fox News published a right-leaning article highlighting that Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick vowed to pay her fines, $500 for each day the salon was open, and volunteered to go under house arrest on the condition she be freed. Texas governor Greg Abbott said that he joined the Attorney General “in disagreeing with the excessive action by the Dallas Judge.”
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The Washington Post
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Texas attorney General: 'Outrageous' to jail salon owner for opening during lockdown
The Hill