Photos: Anti-mask protesters disrupt Vail school board meeting
A couple of hundred people, most not wearing masks, derailed the Board of Governors meeting at the Vail Education Center on April 27, 2021. The meeting was canceled before it officially began and many of the protestors then refused to leave the facility. The crowd eventually left after "electing" their own board who "voted" to rescind district policies.
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A crowd of a couple of hundred people yell through the doors of the Vail Education Center after being kept out of the Vail School District governing board meeting on April 27, 2021. The meeting was canceled before it was officially started when most of the crowd refused to wear masks or accept limits on the number of people allowed into the building.
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A woman peers through the door into the conference room after the Vail School District governing board members canceled the meeting and left the room.
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A woman argues with a Pima County Sheriff's sergeant as dozens of others crowd the lobby of the Vail Education Center and refuse to leave after a Vail School District governing board meeting was shut down before it could begin, Tucson, Ariz., April 27, 2021.
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A woman in the crowd of a couple of hundred yells through the doors at the Vail Education Center as most of the crowd refused to wear masks to attend the Vail School District governing board meeting, Tucson, Ariz., April 27, 2021.
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A man barges into the Vail Education Center after officials tried to keep him and others from entering without wearing a mask at the Vail School District governing board meeting, Tucson, Ariz., April 27, 2021.
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Several dozen crowd the lobby of the Vail Education Center and begin "electing" their own board of governors after the Vail School District governing board meeting was shut down before it could begin, Tucson, Ariz., April 27, 2021.
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Danielle Charbreck hugs her daughter Jordan who was one of five students who were chosen to speak to officials after a crowd of anti-mask protesters disrupted the Vail School District governing board meeting, Tucson, Ariz., April 27, 2021.
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Several dozen people confront a Pima County Sheriff's lieutenant in the lobby of the Vail Education Center after they had been asked several times to leave the facility after the cancelation of the Vail School District governing board meeting.
Kelly Presnell
Photojournalist
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