Following nearly three hours of debate, the Mobile City Council passed a temporary ordinance requiring facial coverings be worn in public spaces by a 6-1 margin.

The vote evoked passionate responses from opponents, with one woman shouting “heil Hitler” after the final tally was taken. She had previously called the ordinance “Nazism.”

Mobile City Council makes masks mandatory
Mobile City Council makes masks mandatory
Mobile City Council makes masks mandatory

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Mobile City Council makes masks mandatory

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