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If an LGTBQ person starting yelling “We love trans people” at a Christian event, would they be arrested? We live in an upside down society.

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I want to know what the guy was shouting before the cops showed up and before the camera started recording. Sometimes these "Christians" are their own worst enemy, talking trash then claiming victim when they get arrested. I'm not saying that's what happened here  but I want to see what happened before the video.

ETA: if you're going to PEACEFULLY protest have someone record the WHOLE event start to finish then you have PROOF that you did not break the law.

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I want to know what the guy was shouting before the cops showed up and before the camera started recording. Sometimes these "Christians" are their own worst enemy, talking trash then claiming victim when they get arrested. I'm not saying that's what happened here  but I want to see what happened before the video.

ETA: if you're going to PEACEFULLY protest have someone record the WHOLE event start to finish then you have PROOF that you did not break the law.

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I want to know what the guy was shouting before the cops showed up and before the camera started recording. Sometimes these "Christians" are their own worst enemy, talking trash then claiming victim when they get arrested. I'm not saying that's what happened here  but I want to see what happened before the video.

ETA: if you're going to PEACEFULLY protest have someone record the WHOLE event start to finish then you have PROOF that you did not break the law.

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So which of our resident TBL is Sgt Mcclure?

With his obvious lack of understanding on basic civil rights he certainly must be one of our members.

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SICK: Christian American Arrested For Reading Bible At Pennsylvania 'Pride' Event

Damon Atkins, a Christian, was arrested this past weekend during a 'Pride' event in Reading, Pennsylvania, for reading the Bible aloud, causing significant controversy over First Amendment rights.

Atkins, who was standing on the outskirts of the Pride event, was reading from 1 Corinthians 14:33, a verse that speaks of peace, when law enforcement intervened and arrested him. "For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints," the verse reads.

In under a minute of standing on the sidewalk, Atkins found himself in handcuffs.

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According to a court document obtained by The Lancaster Patriot, Atkins was charged with "Disorderly Conduct Engage in Fighting." The criminal complaint, provided by the Reading Police Department to The Lancaster Patriot, clarifies that the violation of the Disorderly Conduct statute involves intentionally causing significant public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof.

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It states that Atkins, despite being warned by the police moments earlier, shouted derogatory remarks at an organization holding a permitted event, exhibiting behavior that was threatening, violent, and tumultuous.

"The main reason I was there," he told the Lancaster Patriot, "was because of love. Because Jesus has taught me to love my neighbor as myself." Earlier in the week, he had attended another pride event, where a man approached him and menacingly remarked, "If I had a gun, I would shoot you in the head."

Atkins believed that the message of repentance is often perceived as hateful simply because it does not condone the sinful behavior that is being celebrated by the culture. "What is love? Is it when your pastor tells you that you can be a homosexual and still enter the kingdom of God?" he questioned. "That's not love."

When The Lancaster Patriot interviewed Atkins, he clarified that he had been cited for making "derogatory" comments, even though he was merely quoting passages from the Bible. "In this country, 'God' is now considered a derogatory term," Atkins lamented, expressing his disgust. "It sickens me."

Atkins is scheduled to appear in court on June 16 and is hopeful that Alliance Defending Freedom will provide legal representation for him. Despite feeling discouraged by the pride celebrations in Reading and the conduct of the police officer, Atkins remains resolute in his mission to caution people about the perils of sin. "In the end," Atkins reassured, "all of this will be sorted out."

Twitter reaction in link at top of page.

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I guess counter protests are outlawed now.

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I can't believe this was Reading.  I saw the headline and assumed Philly or Pittsburgh, but fucking Reading?

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Hope a judge throws out the officers qualified immunity.  What a blatant violation of the 1st Amendment that you cannot get anymore textbook violation that should disqualify the officer QI.

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I want to know what the guy was shouting before the cops showed up and before the camera started recording. Sometimes these "Christians" are their own worst enemy, talking trash then claiming victim when they get arrested. I'm not saying that's what happened here  but I want to see what happened before the video.

ETA: if you're going to PEACEFULLY protest have someone record the WHOLE event start to finish then you have PROOF that you did not break the law.

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I want to know what the guy was shouting before the cops showed up and before the camera started recording. Sometimes these "Christians" are their own worst enemy, talking trash then claiming victim when they get arrested. I'm not saying that's what happened here  but I want to see what happened before the video.

ETA: if you're going to PEACEFULLY protest have someone record the WHOLE event start to finish then you have PROOF that you did not break the law.

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I'd be willing to bet he gets a payday and rightfully so........

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If an LGTBQ person starting yelling "We love trans people" at a Christian event, would they be arrested? We live in an upside down society.

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I'd be willing to bet he gets a payday and rightfully so........

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What do you mean?  There is a video in the OP.  That is exactly what happened on the video.

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For the second time I was questioning the accuracy of the leo's written description of the event.

Y'all are quick to see the enemy everywhere, dang.

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Doubt there will be any payday here.  Charges will be dropped so there will be no lawsuit.

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We have been expecting things like this, it's going to get worse, much worse.

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They'll enthusiastically follow orders to load us onto the train cars, or fema busses.

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Back The Blue, Bitches.

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He was taken for arraignment on a M3, which normally is handled through summons.  I'm not certain if the defendant was from out of state (which would require arraignment) but he's got a Federal 1983 (think this is correct) action for sure.  My opinion, the lesbian officer was the one offended and the Sgt. is a simp.  Sgt. Simp should be fired ASAP by the municipality.

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The Supreme Court has held that both “incitement” and “fighting words” are not categories of speech protected by the first amendment.

Specifically if it is ”directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action" and is "likely to incite or produce such action"
or “tend[s] to incite an immediate breach of the peace" by provoking a fight, so long as it is a "personally abusive [word] which, when addressed to the ordinary citizen, is, as a matter of common knowledge, inherently likely to provoke a violent reaction".

Not saying that’s what happened here, just a point of order.

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I'll say it every fucking day. END qualified immunity.

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Part of the reason no one listens to you is because this isn't what qualified immunity covers.  QI is something like where you make an arrest based on solid probable cause, but it turns out the guy you arrested didn't actually do it.  It doesn't cover blantant misconduct.  You can't just go shoot some random person, and claim QI.  QI covers mistakes that were made in good faith.

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GTFO. BLM is allowed to burn cities to the ground, but if a Christian says some Bible verses that hurts the feefees of child predators then book him.

Again, GTFO with that.

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what a time to be alive
Crowds riot burn and destroy...get a free pass and paid bail.
Guy reads the Bible and gets the fast track to jail.

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That he was shouting scripture makes it more personally disturbing to me, but I can't imagine the justification for that arrest even if he was shouting slurs.

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What was said that was inciting imminent lawless action? Being offensive or outrageous does not count.

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