Westboro Baptist Church Goes To Mississippi -- And Loses-

On Saturday USMC Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers, who was killed in action in Afghanistan April 7, was buried in Brandon, Mississippi.

That, by itself, is a sadly unremarkable -- though certainly noteworthy and solemn -- occasion for us to mark.

And in fact when Sgt. Rogers' body returned to Brandon it was greeted by hundreds, or perhaps even thousands, of well-wishers who gathered at the roadside to honor the fallen American hero. The dashboard camera from Mississippi state trooper Elmo Townsend's cruiser gives an indication of the scene last Thursday.

What is most notable about Sgt. Rogers' funeral in Brandon, however, is what didn't happen.

You see, the troglodytes from Westboro Baptist Church had threatened to spew their poison at Sgt. Rogers' funeral.

But the Westboro mob wasn't on the scene, and Sgt. Rogers was laid to rest without incident -- thank God.

Why weren't there protestors?

Planning ahead by the locals, as it turns out.

From an Ole Miss sports message board, a tidbit of information... A couple of days before, one of them (Westboro protestors) ran his mouth at a Brandon gas station and got his arse waxed. Police were called and the beaten man could not give much of a description of who beat him. When they canvassed the station and spoke to the large crowd that had gathered around, no one seemed to remember anything about what had happened. Rankin County handled this thing perfectly. There were many things that were put into place that most will never know about and at great expense to the county. Most of the morons never made it out of their hotel parking lot. It seems that certain Rankin county pickup trucks were parked directly behind any car that had Kansas plates in the hotel parking lot and the drivers mysteriously disappeared until after the funeral was over. Police were called but their wrecker service was running behind and it was going to be a few hours before they could tow the trucks so the Kansas plated cars could get out. A few made it to the funeral but were ushered away to be questioned about a crime they might have possibly been involved in. Turns out, after a few hours of questioning, that they were not involved and they were allowed to go on about their business.

Fred Phelps, the disbarred lawyer and Democrat activist who leads the Westboro congregation, will undoubtedly pursue some form of legal action for the way his people were thwarted in Brandon. Let him try. There isn't a jury in Mississippi which will see things his way.

This is a template for how to handle the Westboro people. If lawsuits don't work, other means will. Whatever it takes to keep them from harassing bereaved military families on the day their fallen loved ones are laid to rest.

http://thehayride.com/2011/04/westboro-baptist-church-goes-to-mississippi-and...

http://www.studentprintz.com/the-south-rises-against-westboro-1.2183326

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[eFFdRacing]

OMG, speechless... Ive got to move to Brandon and be among my people! The country needs more towns like this.

[Jesuspeake]

@eFFdRacing

You will this story as told by the narrator regarding Rogers funeral in Brandon.

youtube . com/watch?v=G35kH5LLTIU&featur­e

[IansEpicFilms]

Brings tears to my eyes to see so many people come together to protect and defend someone they never knew. Definitely Proud to be an American.

[TheWilliemac]

So PROUD to be a Mississippian

[kayoss420]

Video proof that cops are the worst drivers on the road...

[juslookin3]

Good old Mississippi...hasn't changed much since the 1960s, except they used to kill the protesters back then. Probably has a fat sheriff with a big chaw of tobacco in his mouth, calling the KKK members in city and county departments to block the KS vehicles. And the judges are probably corrupt, too.

[redryan305]

I have family in Brandon, and my grandad passed away there last September! RIP

[LetMeFlyinPeace]

@antitroller101 damn right. im a hippie and ur murdering scum

[antitroller101]

@LetMeFlyinPeace

hippie

[antitroller101]

Sadly the pricks at supreme court might be kissing their ass again

[LetMeFlyinPeace]

marines = brainwashed murderers

[strent2583]

LIKE

[Pyramidhead1337]

A truly wonderful tribute and a heart wrenching reminder of the cost of war.

It does give me, for one, some hope to see people acting with such decency, such courage, and such community spirit in the face of such wickedness. This sort of thing is getting rarer in this age of atomisation, broken homes and distant wars.

Glad to see some of that old fashioned American spirit yet remains despite all the 'diversity' 'flag burning' and 'progressivism' that seems set to consign it to history.