OWOSSO, Michigan — An anti-abortion activist gunned down Friday morning in front of Owosso High School has been identified as James Lawrence Pouillon, 63, of Owosso.
Pouillon was a longtime abortion protester, known for his highly vocal and visible public demonstrations around the community and even outside the state.
Longtime friend and fellow activist Judy Climer, president of Flint Right to Life, described Pouillon as “just a nice, elderly gentleman who was disabled, used an oxygen tank and wore leg braces.”
“I knew him very well. He told me one time God put in his heart a passion for the little babies that have the right to be born and they were being denied that right,” said Climer, who said Pouillon often stopped at her office for coffee breaks as he drove from one location to another to demonstrate.
“He even told me once he’d be willing to die for that belief. That’s what I hear him saying right now.”
Climer said Pouillon called her last week and told her he planned to be in Flint later today, parked across the street from the Feminine Health Care Center, 2032 S. Saginaw Street.
“He always comes. He would even go up to Saginaw at 7:30 a.m. and pray, then come here to Flint at noon,” said Climer. “This was a passion he’s had for 20 years, to just pray that abortion would come to an end and that women would see the truth that abortion is murder.”
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/09/owosso_antiabortion_activists.html
“just a nice, elderly gentleman who was disabled, used an oxygen tank and wore leg braces...”
Clearly a threating character, intimidating and frightening women and “choice” providers. /s
I wonder if the perp is Amish.