Posted on 06/27/2012 10:05:30 PM PDT by Pinkbell
BREMERTON, Washington, June 27, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) -A camera captured a dramatic scene last month when an infuriated man stormed up cursing to a pro-life protester holding images of an aborted child by the roadside, tore the signs out of his hands and threw them away before assaulting him in an apparent attempt to destroy video evidence.
The conflict began when Kenrick Bradley approached Anti-Choice Project co-founder Andrew St.Hilaire during a protest in front of Olympic College in Bremerton, Washington, on May 2, 2012. Bradley complained that the images were traumatizing to his girlfriend, who had apparently miscarried.
“My girl lost her f****** baby, and we’re driving past this s*** and she has to see this s***,” said Bradley. “I’m very sorry about that that,” said St. Hilaire. “You guys are standing out here with f****** cameras like this s***‘s OK?” Bradley continued.
Bradley eventually grabs the large images, which showed the tiny body parts of children lost to abortion, and threw them over a fence. He later returns to St. Hilaire, who is already on the phone with police and grabs at his camera as a second camera across the street captures the action.
“Hi, I’m being assaulted. I’m being assaulted!” St. Hilaire says into the phone as the struggle ensues.
The Anti-Choice Project reports that Bradley pled guilty on May 23 to charges of malicious mischief, and was ordered to pay $388 for damages to equipment as well as court fees.
“Like many Americans, Mr. Bradley finds the sight of abortion intolerable. But this only raises the question: If abortion is too terrible to look at, why are we tolerating it?” the group asked on its blog.
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The article said the offended couple were driving by and saw the signs. It's hard for me to see how a guy stopping, parking his car and charging up to the sign holder could be calmed down with a few kind words. That guy was on a mission, not looking for a polite discussion.
I also doubt his miscarriage story, if anything losing a child though spontaneous miscarriage gives one a greater appreciation for life and the work that the pro life folks are doing, it doesn't send one into a rage against those trying to save the little ones.
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Amen,
Such eloquence. Notice he says "her" f****** baby. He doesn't seem too f****** attached to the f****** baby. Unless they aren't f****** sure who the f****** father is.
How about you change places with Andrew St.Hilaire and then we can all critique your spur of the moment reaction to a raving lunatic.
1) The man left after he threw the sign. The abortion protester pursued the man. The situation could have been ended right then and there and should have been. The abortion protester kept the situation going instead of diffusing it. Even if that's legally OK, it's foolhardy.
2) People who live near abortion clinics are not necessarily pro-abortion. The pictures are vile. So is abortion. Nevertheless, if I had to drive by pictures of chopped up babies every day simply because I had a clinic near my house, I'd be pissed, too.
3) I thought abortion protesters were claiming the moral high ground here, or does that morality only apply to stopping abortion? What about a bit of empathy for the guy whose girlfriend was apparently traumatized by the gruesome pictures every day? Is it OK to make other innocents, adults who may be opposed to abortion and don't like seeing dismembered babies every day, suffer in the war to protect innocent unborn?
I did not voice a “nice sentiment.” I voiced a thoroughly biblical view.
Kind of funny that the screed that dismisses my scenario of thoroughly biblical Christ-filled compassion also had toilet language in it.
If abortion is too terrible to look at, why is it legal?
God isn’t in the Hallmark Card business, breathing “nice sentiments.” He’s as serious as a heart attack.
I think God has the best greeting cards anywhere.
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