Young pro-lifers jailed, shackled, strip searched
If you do not believe that satan is not alive and trying to destroy our faith, religious liberties, and freedom of speech, then your not looking! Here is one of the latest attempts from the government at trying to silence you from speaking against SIN! Thank God for ADF and all the other organizations that help fight this.
ADF attorneys file suit in Md. after state troopers
unconstitutionally silence pro-life advocates along public street
BALTIMORE — Alliance Defense Fund and allied attorneys filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Harford County, the town of Bel Air, and seven police officials on behalf of three young, pro-life women. At least a dozen police officers arrived in more than seven marked vehicles and then arrested, jailed, shackled, and/or strip searched 18 pro-life advocates, including the three women, after they held signs and shared their message along a public street.
“The state shouldn’t persecute Christians for expressing their beliefs on important social issues, nor deny them their constitutional rights,” said ADF Senior Counsel Kevin Theriot. “This incident paints an ugly picture of the state of religious freedom and free speech in America today.”
“The truth of the matter is that our clients were heckled, arrested, imprisoned, shackled, and strip searched twice for exercising their First Amendment rights,” said ADF-allied attorney Daniel Cox, who is serving as local counsel. “No excuse exists for how our young clients were treated.”
At least 12 police officers handcuffed 18 peaceful participants in Defend Life’s “Face the Truth” Pro-life Tour and denied them a reason for their arrests. They had relocated to Bel Air after being told by officers to move from another location for not having a permit to engage in free speech activities. Three young female participants—including teenagers—were subjected to two rounds of strip searches.
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Comment by Andrew Friedman on 27 November 2008:
As Petula Clark said in 1969: “It’s A Sign Of The Times!”