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Uploaded by on Jun 8, 2010

Rev Patrick Mahoney is arrested for quietly reading scripture and praying in a public space in Washington, DC.

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  • rjstrange: Until a crime is commited a person cannot be arrested. If someone said 'I'm going to trespass on private property" you couldn't arrest him for just stating his intent - you'd have to wait for him to do it. The state had wrongly identified the (illegal) enclosure as private property. The police were acting as an arm of the State. I would be more concerned if they had arrested him on the sidewalk which is uncontested public property. But putting a fence round land doesn't make it yours.

  • that's messed up, now it's a crime to pray in public ?

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  • @crystaljackel No Planned Parenthood doesn't own that property, the sign was placed up by them, but they had no legal backing for it. In-fact, due to Pat Mahoney's actions, the courts clarified this issue, and I was one of the hundreds who prayed openly on that very same side walk in this years March for Life.  Thank you Pat Mahoney!

  • I'm confused. Doesn't PP own everything inside the gate making it private? I'm totally for this, but I'm unsure of the legal aspect of this. There was a private property sign on the gate and he crossed it? the video is unclear and a little confusing

  • disrupting the peace. he should be arrested an thrown in jail for a few months.

  • So I guess the claim is being made that the area where he was arrested is actually public property so that would invalidate the no trespassing sign?

  • i'm all for what you're doing...but the sign says "private property". it's not public...soooo ya. not the smartest move.

  •  ps we own planned parenthood look it up

  • One Nation, under Obama...

  • So much for change and free speech in America.

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