Posted on 08/05/2008 6:44:31 AM PDT by Gopher Broke
Abortionist Arrested For Violent Attack On Pro-lifer
Yet another Clinica Medica Para La Mujer abortionist is now in trouble with the law.
August 5th, 2008
Santa Ana, CA - A pro-life man was violently attacked by an abortionist on a public sidewalk outside a Santa Ana abortion clinic on Saturday, August 2, 2008. The man, who wants only to be known as Tim, was first shoved, then battered, punched and choked by the abortionist who objected to his attempts to photograph him. Tim sustained lacerations and muscle pain that impaired his ability to conduct his normal activities as a result of the attack.
Tim went to the clinic because he had been told there was a possibility that the abortionist at the Clinica Medica Para La Mujer, located at 120 W. 5th St. in Santa Ana, was operating illegally. He decided to go to the abortion mill to photograph the abortionist and offer help to abortion-bound women.
When the abortionist, who was later identified as Howard Pfupajena, entered the building, he covered his head with his lab coat and told Tim that he had no right to photograph him. Tim later asked a police officer that was ticketing a nearby vehicle if he had the right to take pictures of the abortionist, and he was advised by that officer that he did. Tim then decided to wait until Pfupajena left for the day to try to get a better photograph.
Tim noticed Pfupajena heading for his vehicle, and positioned himself on the public sidewalk to photograph the abortionist as he was about to drive away. At that point, Pfupajena got out of his car and attempted to forcibly remove the camera from Tim's possession. The camera was kicked away from him as he fell against a parking meter. Pfupajena then stomped on the disposable camera in order to destroy it. Tim somehow regained possession of the camera. That is when the attack intensified.
"He got me to the ground and, seeking to jar the camera loose from my hand, was hitting me and, not finding success, he put his knee in my throat and was choking me," said Tim. "At this point I began to yell for help and for someone to call the police."
Police arrested Pfupajena, 66, for assault and battery. He was cited and released. The District Attorney will review the case and determine if the charges should be filed. A check done on Pfupajena's medical license does not show any previous disciplinary action.
"That is about to change," Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. "Pfupajena is obviously has something to hide for him to have reacted so violently. This abortionist is a danger to the public, and should have his license revoked."
The Clinica Medica chain of abortion mills has made recent headlines when owner Bertha Bugarin was arrested for committing abortions without a medical license. Another abortionist in the chain, Laurence Reich, was also arrested earlier this year after a police investigation revealed that he was continuing to do abortions even though his medical license had been revoked last year after a second conviction of having sexually molested and/or raped several of his abortion patients.
View the photos taken by Tim that Pfupajena did not want anyone to see.
http://operationrescue.org/photos/main.php?g2_itemId=4554
WTH are you two talking about? Someone takes your picture, you should be allowed to beat the crap out of them???
I think they should put equal numbers of them in a huge arena and let them fight it out amongst themselves.
Please re-read my post. That is the exact opposite of what I said.
It doesn't have to a fancy $800 digital with a $600 lens either. A manual 35mm SLR (like a Nikon FM10) with a 300mm zoom lens (Vivitar, Sigma or Tamron), and some 'fast' Film (high ASA no.) will keep him out of harms way - and cheaply.
Then he can document away and the subject wouldn't even know it.
I don't agree with the vigilantism aspect of it either. I do, however, believe that they should be charged with the crime they are committing - premeditated murder and upon conviction executed by the government.
Maybe the saying "What goes around comes around" applies here.
Make that read “be executed by the government”.
I'm not pro abort but I'd probably walk him. I'm no fan of these zealots who hang around abortion clinics harassing people and trying to stir up trouble. This guy clearly didn't want to be photographed, but this punk goes on and does it anyway. In fact he waits around like a stalker to do it. That's just creepy. It's harassment. People who do stuff like that are begging for trouble. Abortion may be wrong, but it is legal. I'm sure these little trouble makers feel like heroes fighting the good fight, but I can't feel sorry for any of them if they get their butts kicked.
Sorry, I guess I was lazy.
Trouble is already "stirred up" at the abortion mills - trouble for the baby, trouble for the mother, trouble for a nation which allows its unborn to be slaughtered.
For many years, celebrities of various kinds have had to deal with paparazzi taking their pictures without permission. It's the same deal. Whereas it is not polite to take pictures of people when they ask you not to, if they are on a public street you can take their picture
If you did that do you think you would be cited and released?
People get the most upset when they are photographed doing something they know is wrong.
The right to swing your fist ends WHERE?
I suggest they pick a new line of work if it bothers them to be photographed doing it.
I have had a few people take offense at me taking pictures too. The one that parallels this situation, I saw bubba coming and put down the camera. He took the first few swings in front of witnesses. Then I dropped him. That should have happened here as well.
I am a serious photographer and every once in a while you run into a nut who thinks their desires trumps the rights of others, just like this perp (the doctor) did. It happens more often than you might think. Rent-a-cops, malcontents, and other stupid people who do not understand the law or the rights of all concerned. They get in your face and make illegal demands such as insisting you turn over your film. When you tell them no, a few of the rabid ones get really upset, and will get stupid. I don't take well to being assaulted and tend to solve the problem in real time. Nothing says cease and desist like a back fist to the jaw.
In the parallel situation I cited, the perp was very upset because I was taking pictures of an anti Shah/pro Khomeini demonstration (this was in the mid-late 70s). I told him that I would not give up my camera or film. He went after me and was dropped. Another photographer captured it clearly. It was months before he could eat solid food again. University I was working for/attending was a bit upset, but witnesses and the photographs clearly showed who was the aggressor. Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice...same goes for violence to protect ones person. Its certainly not harassment.
How do you justify inconvenience or embarrassment should override the rights of others to be safe in their persons?
Looks like blood dripping off his hands in that picture.
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