Posted on 01/29/2010 10:50:00 PM PST by bogusname
Arguments have moved to the appellate court level in a California case in which a man talking to two willing strangers in a shopping mall was arrested because the subject of the conversation was God.
The case developed several years ago when a youth pastor was arrested at the Galleria Mall in Roseville, Calif., for having a conversation about religion with two other people.
Matthew Snatchko, who works with youth at his church, was interrupted in the middle of a conversation by a security guard. A second guard joined the confrontation and told Snatchko he was being placed under citizen's arrest for "trespassing."
The pastor said he agreed to leave but instead, the guards grabbed him, roughly shoved him against a storefront window and handcuffed him tightly enough to draw blood. Snatchko later was taken to the police station where he was booked on charges of battery and trespassing...
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I might have to hire some. I don’t have any friends who have Obama shirts. :)
I don't like lawsuits in general, but this is a blatant act of discrimination.
A civil suite against the mall. The owners of the mall. The guards. The city. The police officers. And criminal charges against the security (mall cops) and the mall management and the city.
At the least I would ask for 100 Million and a free pass to the food court.
Let’s see where she’s going with this.
We’ve got nothing but time, and she doesn’t own the movement.
The Tea Party is bigger than any one person!
OOPS! Wrong thread!
Back to bed 4 me..........
Sometimes you wonder if this is the United States of America, or Red China!
Owned by the Westfield Group which owns malls all over the world.
Let them know what you think:
http://westfield.com/corporate/site/contact-us/
Great work esquirette. Thank you very much.
“OOPS! Wrong thread!”
I did that same thing about two weeks ago. :-)
“Looks like a fancy place.”
Yeah, the banners make it seem a lot like a - church?
A church devoted to materialism and consumerism. They apparently can’t stand competition.
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