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 | | State Rep. Dan Gelber (D-Miami Beach) a former prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice said that while the case doesn't involve section 252.36 of the Florida Statutes, it does explore the nature of a state of emergency declared by the governor. |
 | | While the case ended oddly, Gelber wrote that it still seems as though disobeying an evacuation order could fall under other Florida statutes that make it a misdemeanor to resist, obstruct or oppose an officer or other empowered person who is trying to carry out a law or legal duty. |
 | | Gelber reviewed state laws last week, and said that a governor-ordered mandatory evacuation probably gives the police authority to order someone out of his home in an emergency, and someone certainly can be arrested for resisting a lawful order by a police officer, Gelber said. |
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