Parents urge maskless kids to enter Michigan school, violating order

A group of parents urged their maskless children to ignore a Michigan school's mask mandate and enter the building, a video posted on social media shows.

The chaotic scene happened Tuesday outside of Manchester Junior and Senior High School in Washtenaw County, about 25 miles southwest of Ann Arbor, NBC affiliate WDIV of Detroit reported. In a video shared on Twitter, a sheriff's deputy is seen telling the parents that an order is in place that requires people entering the school to wear a mask, but he cannot enforce it.

Once the parents confirm the deputy cannot stop them, a man tells the children to go inside. "They can go in, guys," he said. "Go on in, guys. They can't enforce it."

Other parents also begin to urge the children to go past two masked school employees standing at the entrance.

"You guys, they can't touch you. Just go ahead and go in," the man said.

As the children made their way inside, the parents cheered and clapped. Since the video was posted on Twitter on Wednesday, it has been viewed more than 1 million times.

The Manchester Community Schools district and the sheriff's department did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday. According to WDIV, the students were taken to a library away from others.