A man in Florida encased his arms in barrels full of concrete outside the governor's mansion on Friday in protest of the state's continuing to hold prisoners amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Mazurek wore a surgical mask and sat between the two black drums painted in white letters — one said"stop the massacre," while the other read"free prisoners now" — in protest of the living conditions of those who remain imprisoned amid the pandemic.
Mazurek, who was released after police arrested him for resisting arrest and obstructing justice, was not immediately available for comment, but the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons, a group he helped found, said in a statement that the act highlighted the need for the governor to release inmates to protect against the spread of the coronavirus among the prison population.
"Today’s demonstration happened after other avenues were exhausted, and after infection rates have been climbing daily in Florida’s prisons, jails, and detention centers," the group said."Infection rates are over 10 times higher inside than outside, and this will only worsen if nothing is done." The campaign said Mazurek's act was not taken on behalf of any individual or organization, but added that protests would"continue to escalate until action is taken to stop this preventable disaster from worsening."
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