Again, this is a guy with a history, not some random person walking in.
I am not saying the mall “cops” handled the situation properly or even legally, I am simply saying this incident isn’t some example of general discrimination against christians.
This was a known person who has caused issues, and been removed previously, by his own admission. He is a known actor.
This was not a case of some random person getting harassed. That is what the headline wants you to believe, but if you read the story it clearly is not the case. This is someone who has a history, who got singled out because of their history not simply a case of some mall “cop” going after christians.
People really need to stop knee jerking, this is click bait nonsense. No, if you or I walk into this mall with a Jesus Saves T-Shirt we aren’t going to get harassed by security, that isn’t what happened here. This is some guy who’s violated the rules of the mall previously, and by own admission, who is known to security and they confronted him based on his past known behaviors not because he was just random guy in a Jesus T-Shirt.
People falling for, this is an example of general discrimination against Christians, are just as big of fools as those who fell for the nonsense about those Catholic HS boys harassing that India Activist in DC a few years back.
This is not some example of General Anti-Christian Prejudice.. this is an example of a known violator being identified and confronted based on his past patterns of behavior. Now, whether those confronting him did so properly or legally is a different discussion, but this is not some example of some general open discrimination against Christians.
My only point is that that day he wasn’t causing the issues that he had been thrown out for the day before for preaching, which was a violation of the mall’s policies. Had he been preaching again, I could see thr Mall security co fronting him again, and perhaps banning him this time, but this day he didn’t say a word and got harassed for his shirt. He was trying to explain that to the security, UT initially they didn’t care- the mall eventually saw his point of view, and a.lowed him to keep it on and keep on shopping.
The mall cop over reacted and should have explained to,those who were complaining that unless the man had spoken to them about Christianity, he was free to shop the mall alongside them. That basically is what the mall later decided by allowing him to remain.
The hesd,ine made it seem like he was kicked out for just wearing a shirt, but the reality is that the mall allowed him to remain and to wear his shirt
Had they banned him from the mall the day before, and he showed up again in violation of the ban, then yeah, Hey could have called the cops,and had him arrested for trespassing, but that isn’t what they did, and he came back obeying the mall’s TOS the next day, not saying a word, and he got harassed by the cop for it when he wasn’t doing a yhting wrong. At best, the cop.shoukda jusy followed him around making sure he didn’t violate the store’s terms, and moved in if he did, or if someone came to the cop and said the man tried to witness or preach to them.