Idaho health board meeting halted after ‘intense protests’
By Associated Press
Published: December 8, 2020, 7:22pm
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Boise police were forced to create a barrier to keep anti-mask protesters from entering a meeting at the Central District Health offices, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 in Boise, Idaho. The special meeting of the CDH board was later cancelled. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP)Photo Gallery
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho public health officials abruptly ended a meeting Tuesday after the Boise mayor and chief of police said intense protests outside the health department building — as well as outside some health officials’ homes — were threatening public safety.
The request from Boise Mayor Lauren McLean and the Boise Police Department came just a few minutes after one health board member, Ada County Commissioner Diana Lachiondo, tearfully interrupted the online meeting to say she had to rush home from work to be with her son.
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