Who's the bad guy?

Typical. When a pro-abort attacks a pro-lifer, in full view of police and on videotape, the police harrass the pro-lifer.

On December 8 the group Missionaries to the Pre-born was picketing a Hillary Clinton campaign stop in Fort Madison, IA, with graphic signs.

A man later identified as Jim Mitchell got out of a pick-up truck holding a club and approached sign holder Dan Holman, yelling at him to leave his property. But Holman was on public property and refused to move. Mitchell then clobbered Holman with the club, again with police watching.

Incredibly, when an officer finally intervened, it was to tell Holman to move because he was "in a high traffice area" and "disturbing to the motoring public." The officer was interrupted by Mitchell, who continued to threaten Holman to "bust [his] head," but continued on with a threat to arrest and jail Holman!

According to an Operation Rescue press release, Holman has filed charges against Mitchell and is considering filing charges against the police. Hope he does. Their behavior was outrageous and clearly prejudiced.

Here's the video of the incident:



Comments:

Jill, I did see this on another site. Pathetic! I guess that peaceful protesting is a harsher crime than assault!

Posted by: heather at December 10, 2007 9:52 AM


Reminds me of a time where a friend of mine was throttled/strangled by a dude while we were out protesting, and the cops had the nerve to tell US to leave or we would be arrested (because it was our fault my friend was assaulted).

I'll never forget the angry (pro-life) transsexual who was yelling at the cops in our defense.

Posted by: Phil at December 10, 2007 10:44 AM


What complete B.S.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Carrie at December 10, 2007 10:58 AM


People always have a problem with the truth. Had that guy hit me with a club, I would have kicked him in the nu*s!

Posted by: heather at December 10, 2007 10:59 AM


I think a nice knee to the nether regions would be a good defensive move against that club-wielding maniac.

Posted by: Carrie at December 10, 2007 11:02 AM


"I'll never forget the angry (pro-life) transsexual who was yelling at the cops in our defense."

Who would have thought that those with alternative sexualities could defend pro-lifers. I thought all those gay/alternative sexuality folks only wanted to kill babies.

Interesting.

Posted by: Rae at December 10, 2007 11:02 AM


If Dan had attacked and assaulted a babykilling abortionist like Dan was attacked by this pro-abort, Don would be facing many many years in prison. The FBI and pro-abortion politicians would make sure of that.

Posted by: Rev Spitz at December 10, 2007 11:14 AM


True, Rev Spitz. Those low life abortionists are always guaranteed protection.

Posted by: heather at December 10, 2007 11:17 AM


I hope he files suit against the cop,the town,and the club-wielding maniac.

Posted by: Carrie at December 10, 2007 11:34 AM


Rev. Spitz is bitching about law enforcement?
Amazing.

You seemed to have glossed-over the BIG abortion story of the week:

Albuquerque abortion clinic fire was arson, feds say
By Maggie Shepard (Contact)
Saturday, December 8, 2007

One of Albuquerque's most prominent abortion clinics was set afire by arsonists, authorities say.

No one was injured in the fire late Thursday, which destroyed an exam room at Abortion Acceptance of Albuquerque, said Jake Gonzales, of the Albuquerque office of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Guests at a nearby hotel overlooking the clinic near Lomas Boulevard Northeast and I-25 told detectives they saw two hooded figures outside the clinic windows just before the fire was reported at about 11:30 p.m., Gonzales said.

They also heard a loud boom, which Gonzales said came from gasoline fumes igniting in the exam room.

The arsonists dumped a small gasoline canister in the room, then lit it as they stood outside, he said.

Samples from the room have been collected and sent to the ATFE's laboratories, Gonzales said.

Meanwhile, anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 823-STOP.

This is the first time in 12 years Albuquerque has experienced an attack on an abortion clinic.

A Planned Parenthood of New Mexico office and offices of Abortion and Reproductive Services were set on fire in 1995. Ricky Lee McDonald was found guilty of the arsons.

He was also connected to abortion clinic arsons in Dallas at clinics owned by physician Curtis Boyd, the owner of the Albuquerque clinic set on fire Thursday, said Alexis Rice, spokeswoman for the National Abortion Federation, a trade group for abortion providers.

Rice said Boyd has been practicing abortions and reproductive services in Albuquerque for 22 years.

Planned Parenthood of New Mexico spokeswoman Martha Edmands said her clinics were on alert Friday after news of the fire.


Posted by: Laura at December 10, 2007 12:05 PM


True, Rev Spitz. Those low life abortionists are always guaranteed protection.

Posted by: heather at December 10, 2007 11:17 AM
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You DO know who Rev. Spitz is?

Have a little Google festival...

Posted by: Laura at December 10, 2007 12:12 PM


Do I know who Rev. Spitz is? I don't care if he is part of The Army of God. He's exercising his right to choose.

Posted by: heather at December 10, 2007 2:45 PM


He's choosing to be a part of a group that you don't aprove of. I don't approve of abortion. You are a huge supporter of it. CHOICE. It's all about ones right to choose. It's like you choosing that abortion is okay.

Posted by: heather at December 10, 2007 2:49 PM


don't make me start spamming.

Posted by: heather at December 10, 2007 2:51 PM


Didn't I try to explain things yesterday? There is a lot of violence on the PC side. Where do you get off trying to tell us any different ?Heck, your own abortionists can't even stand you. That's why abortionists call women "sluts" after they abort their children.

Posted by: heather at December 10, 2007 3:06 PM


A nice little article about Rev. Spitz, Eric Rudolph, and the Army of God:

Extremist taunts his victims from prison
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Victims of Eric Rudolph, the anti-abortion extremist who pulled off a series of bombings across the South, say he is taunting them from deep within the nation's most secure federal prison, and authorities say there is little they can do to stop him.
Rudolph, who was captured after a five-year manhunt and pleaded guilty in deadly bombings at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and a Birmingham abortion clinic, is serving life in prison at the "Supermax" penitentiary in Florence, Colo.

Housed in the most secure part of the prison, he has no computer and little contact with the outside world aside from writing letters.

But Rudolph's long essays have been posted on the Internet by a supporter who maintains an Army of God website. The Army of God is the same loose-knit group that Rudolph claimed to represent in letters sent after the blasts.

In one piece, Rudolph seeks to justify violence against abortion clinics by arguing that Jesus would condone "militant action in defense of the innocent."

In another essay about his sentencing, Rudolph mocks former abortion clinic nurse Emily Lyons, who was nearly killed in the 1998 bombing in Birmingham, and her husband, Jeff. He uses pseudonyms rather than naming the couple, but there is no doubt he is describing them.

Rudolph recalls how Emily Lyons, in court, described the pain of her injuries and made an obscene gesture at Rudolph as she showed off a finger mangled by the blast. Rudolph writes: "It was a great speech and one that the denizens of freedom should be proud to enshrine in a museum somewhere. Perhaps they could put it next to MLKs 'I Have a Dream.' They could call it 'I Have a Middle Finger.'"

Jeff Lyons said he doesn't often look at the website, which has had some items posted for nearly two years. But he said he is worried that Rudolph's messages could incite someone to violence against abortion providers.

"He's still sending out harassing communication. He's still hurting us," Lyons said.

Diane Derzis, who owns the Birmingham clinic that was bombed, killing a police officer, said someone should stop Rudolph.

Bureau of Prisons regulations give wardens the right to reject correspondence by an inmate for "the protection of the public, or if it might facilitate criminal activity." That includes material "which may lead to the use of physical violence."

The Bureau of Prisons failed to respond to repeated inquiries from The Associated Press about whether Rudolph's writings violate prison rules.

But U.S. Attorney Alice Martin, who helped prosecute Rudolph for the Alabama bombing, said there is nothing the prison can do to restrict Rudolph or the supporter who keeps posting his writings, anti-abortion activist Donald Spitz of Chesapeake, Va.

"An inmate does not lose his freedom of speech," she said.

Spitz said he corresponds regularly with Rudolph and posts some of his essays because of their shared desire to end abortion. As for those who might be offended, he said, "They don't have to look at it on the website."

John Hawthorne, whose wife, Alice, was killed in the Olympic bombing, said he isn't bothered by Rudolph's essays.

"As far as I'm concerned he's out of sight, out of mind," Hawthorne said. "I don't mind him saying whatever he's going to say as long as they keep him locked up."

Supermax has a capacity of 490 and holds some of the nation's most infamous inmates, including Unabomber Theodore Kaczyinski and Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.

A Justice Department report last fall criticized the prison for not properly screening inmate mail. It determined that three men convicted in the World Trade Center bombing were able to send dozens of letters overseas to suspected terrorists.

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Posted by: Laura at December 10, 2007 5:02 PM


Again, didn't I explain it to you yesterday?

Posted by: heather at December 10, 2007 5:08 PM


You PCers have more nuts then one can shake a stick at! So, what in the heck are you talking about???

Posted by: heather at December 10, 2007 5:14 PM


Gee...what a dirty rotten shame: Arson at a baby killing mill. The injustice of it all !!!

Posted by: Mike at December 11, 2007 12:36 AM


Gee...what a dirty rotten shame: Arson at a baby killing mill. The injustice of it all !!!

Posted by: Mike at December 11, 2007 12:36 AM
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Wow. A terrorist sympathizer.
Do you bake a cake on 9/11 to honor the poor dead hijackers?

Posted by: Laura at December 11, 2007 1:19 AM


Wow. A terrorist sympathizer.
Do you bake a cake on 9/11 to honor the poor dead hijackers?

Posted by: Laura at December 11, 2007 1:19 AM Terrorist sympathizer? You are a child molester promoter!

Posted by: heather at December 11, 2007 8:03 AM


Laura,

The abortionists you defend so dearly have killed more AMERICANS in one day than all the people killed in 9/11...think about that.

Posted by: RSD at December 11, 2007 9:20 AM


RSD, thank you!

Posted by: heather at December 11, 2007 9:37 AM


The abortionists you defend so dearly have killed more AMERICANS in one day than all the people killed in 9/11...think about that.

Posted by: RSD at December 11, 2007 9:20 AM
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You know someone who's killing Americans?
Call the cops!

Posted by: Laura at December 11, 2007 10:55 AM


Everyone i think can agree, beating a dude with a club is wrong. i dont care if your PL or PC, you commit assault with a weapon, you should be arrested.


but i am rather sickened that my fellow PLers can claim how "horrid" an act it is, then defend a man who supports killing people, and another who has committed mass murder.

What kind of example does it show to people to say "damn murdering PCers" and then support those who murder? I am Pro-Life. not Pro-Fetus. a murderer is a murderer and should be behind bars, and just because they agree with my politics is NOT a good enough reason to defend them.

Liam

Posted by: Liam at December 11, 2007 1:01 PM


It reminds me so much of how police in many areas have been trained to arrest the man in any domestic violence situation, even if they outright see the woman beating him or throwing things at him or even (as two people have introduced the topic) assaulting him in the groin. Perhaps, similarly, certain police units have been instructed to arrest the person from the cause they don't happen to like as much.

It's certainly wrong, whatever the case...

Posted by: bmmg39 at December 11, 2007 6:36 PM


You know someone who's killing Americans?
Call the cops!

Posted by: Laura at December 11, 2007 10:55 Actually abortion clinics do at times. They just don't want to. It's usually when their second victim almost croaks, and even that's pushing it.

Posted by: heather at December 12, 2007 9:28 AM


It seems like any discussion that relates in any way to abortion quickly gets diverted into a general argument.

These gentlemen were peacefully protesting on public property, without causing any traffic problems as the cop alleged. You could see on the tape that no traffic was hindered.

The attacker continued to threaten to again attack Dan Holoman in the presence of the officer, which tells me that the attacker knew the officer was on his side 100%.

This is the kind of behavior that will win the battle for prolifers. Knowing they have no real points to make in a civilized debate, the proaborts are now resorting to raw violence.

And I don't care who is saying it, the truth is the truth... but of course proaborts would much rather try to smear someone than actually respond to what they said. That's another nail in the coffin of elective abortion in this country.

Posted by: Doyle at December 12, 2007 12:09 PM