AUSTIN, Texas - Protestors gathered outside the Governor’s Mansion for a “Shed the Mask” rally Saturday afternoon.Hundreds attended the rally, calling out what they say is an “injustice” and a “threat” to their freedoms.Signs in the crowd read “freedom over fear” and “can’t be muzzled.” Most notably, a slogan that thousands chanted during the George Floyd and police brutality protests “we can’t breathe.”RELATED: Austinites react to Gov.
Abbott's statewide mask orderProtestors in the crowd said wearing masks is more dangerous than not wearing one.“Masks make it difficult to breathe oxygen is something that everybody needs to fight off diseases,” said Douglas Frazier.