2024-01-31 10:00:40
A federal jury convicted six pro-life activists of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act) and a felony conspiracy against rights.
BREAKING: Six pro-life activists were just found guilty in federal court after being prosecuted by Biden’s DOJ under the FACE Act for protesting outside a Nashville abortion clinic.
Here’s a snippet of the protest, which occurred on March 5, 2021.
For the crime of praying and… pic.twitter.com/UPzZvtZebM
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 30, 2024
(1) intentionally injuring, intimidating, or interfering with, or attempting to injure, intimidate, or interfere, any person by force, threat of force, or physical obstruction because that person is or has been, or in order to intimidate such person or any other person or any class of persons from, obtaining or providing reproductive health services; (2) intentionally injuring, intimidating, or interfering with, or attempting to injure, intimidate, or interfere, any person by force, threat of force, or physical obstruction exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship; or (3) intentionally damaging or destroying the property of a facility, or attempting to do so, because such facility provides reproductive health services, or intentionally damaging or destroying the property of a place of religious worship.
Read point #3. I’ll get back to that in a minute.
From the DOJ press release:
According to evidence presented at trial, Chester Gallagher, Heather Idoni, Calvin Zastrow, Coleman Boyd, Paul Vaughn and Dennis Green engaged in a conspiracy to prevent the clinic employees from providing, and patients from receiving, reproductive health services, a civil right secured by the FACE Act. As part of the conspiracy, Idoni, Zastrow, Boyd and Green traveled to Tennessee from other states to participate in the clinic blockade, and Gallagher and Vaughn stalled the Mount Juliet Police Department through negotiations that Gallagher referred to as a delay tactic. Evidence at trial further proved that the defendants violated the FACE Act by using physical obstruction to interfere with the clinic’s employees and a patient because the clinic was providing, and the patient sought, reproductive health services.
Sentencing will happen on July 2. They face over 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and fines of up to $260,000.
I wonder if the FACE Act is valid since SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade.
If the FACE Act is still legitimate, then yes, the activists violated it.
The conspiracy charge is also nuts. I hate conspiracy charges because it’s a way for the government to nab people if it cannot get people for the actual crime. You could say anything is a conspiracy.
Punishment for Anti-Israel Dumbs?
The punishment, though. Insane. Absolutely insane.
These people sat in front of a door. That is all.
How about those anti-Israel dumbs constantly blocking roads and rushing JFK runways? Will we see them getting 11 years in prison?
Obviously, the dumbs didn’t violate the FACE Act, but they did violate plenty of laws.
How about the numerous threats against Jews? Threats against Jews have always been high in America but worsened after Hamas invaded Israel in October.
Churches and Pregnancy Centers
Let’s get back to the FACE Act.
Do you remember point #3? My emphasis: (3) intentionally damaging or destroying the property of a facility, or attempting to do so, because such facility provides reproductive health services, or intentionally damaging or destroying the property of a place of religious worship.
How many churches and pregnancy centers have been damaged and vandalized since someone leaked Justice Alito’s Dobbs opinion?
I lost count a long time ago.
The left doesn’t consider pregnancy centers as a legitimate reproductive rights facility even though, unless it’s connected to a religion, it will offer information about abortion.
I think the DOJ has only gone after a few people for destruction and vandalism. I don’t know if the DOJ charged them with FACE Act violations.
I’ll dig a little deeper for information regarding the attacks on centers and churches. Maybe there has been progress, but I’m not getting my hopes up.
BREAKING: Somebody vandalized and allegedly threw Molotov cocktails into Wisconsin Family Action’s — an anti-abortion rights group — Madison office, writing w/ graffiti, “If abortions aren’t safe, then you aren’t either.”
Story TK pic.twitter.com/6Wfnyeh9hQ
— Alexander Shur (@AlexanderShur) May 8, 2022
My wife works at a pregnancy center in Denton, TX. It was vandalized last night. Please pray for the people who work there. They help women and their babies with anything from preborn to 3 years of age. They are beautiful people and don’t deserve this hate. #ProLife #Catholic pic.twitter.com/63BLvNDMkQ
— Gregory Ellis (@Gre29) May 7, 2022
The group calling itself Jane’s Revenge — which has claimed responsibility for a number of attacks on pregnancy care centers — now declares it’s “open season” on Pro-Life groups. Capitol Hill correspondent @ErikRosalesNews reports. pic.twitter.com/9ZectKKgai
— EWTN News Nightly (@EWTNNewsNightly) June 17, 2022
Rev. James Harden is the CEO of a pro-life pregnancy center that was firebombed by radical leftists. He tells Tucker that he gave the FBI security footage of the act, they took it, have made no arrests, and refuse to give it back because it could “inspire right-wing terrorism.” pic.twitter.com/kf6P6cXyf0
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) September 30, 2022
Catholic News Agency has released footage of members of far-left group Jane’s Revenge carrying out vandalism attack on South Broward Pregnancy Help Center in Hollywood, FL on May 28. The #Antifa group has carried out attacks on pregnancy centers across US.https://t.co/c2Mkb1RFC6 pic.twitter.com/33k2NDFlhE
— Andy Ngô ????️???? (@MrAndyNgo) June 11, 2022
A 31-year-old pro-abortion extremist was so mad about Roe v. Wade, he vandalized St. Louise Catholic Church in Bellevue, WA.
Upon arrest, Bellevue Police allege the suspect busted up a police cruiser.
Bellevue PD tells local FOX News that this falls under a hate crime. pic.twitter.com/WdGuft9Ozq
— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) June 29, 2022
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