Fake cops are stopping drivers for violating coronavirus stay-at-home orders

One psychologist says police impersonators hassling people about travel restrictions are similar to people who post social-media shaming photos of strangers violating personal-distance guidelines.

In the Weld County case, the suspect is

And he isn't the only one. An apparently different group of imposters conducted an even more elaborate checkpoint in Greeley, the capital city of Weld County, around the same time, funneling drivers into a corral where men with unmarked black uniforms and dash-mounted flashing lights questioned them about violating travel restrictions, police said. Like other states, Colorado's stay-at-home order permits essential travel, including trips to work.

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