« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2023, 06:20:12 pm »
https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/reading-man-arrested-for-quoting-bible/It took less than sixty seconds of standing on a sidewalk for Damon Atkins to be placed in handcuffs and arrested for quoting a portion of a Bible verse.
On Saturday morning dozens of people were gathered outside the Reading City Hall on Washington Street to participate in the city’s first ever “Pride March and Rally” endorsed by Mayor Eddie Moran. At approximately 10:05 a.m. Atkins arrived at a public sidewalk across the street from City Hall.
In less than a minute he found himself in handcuffs.
The entire incident was captured on film by Matthew Wear of Reading, Pennsylvania, who told The Lancaster Patriot that he had been preaching prior to Atkins’ arrival and was told to stop by the same police officer who later handcuffed Atkins.
Wear said he preached for about twelve minutes and then began filming the event from across the street.
Wear posted the video to YouTube, where it has garnered nearly 2,000 views in two days.
The video begins with Wear narrating and explaining that he preached until “a cop got in my face, laid hands on me, and threatened to arrest me if I didn’t stop.”
“They got drag queens, they got children here,” Wear said in the video. “They’re about to do a flag raising ceremony in this Satan cesspit.”
About a minute into the video, Atkins can be seen at a distance heading toward the event.
“It looks like some more men just showed up to support us,” Wear says at the 1:48 point in the video. “This cop’s going to give them a hard time.”
The video shows Police Sergeant Bradley T. McClure approaching Atkins, and the two interact for approximately 25 seconds.
Atkins can be heard saying “This is public property.”
McClure can be heard saying “let them have their event” and “respect them.”
In the video, Atkins tells McClure that he is respecting the people in attendance and said, “You know who’s cheering for us – the people that are in hell.”
Atkins later told The Lancaster Patriot that he was referring to the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus in the Gospel of Luke, wherein a rich man in torment begs Father Abraham to send someone to warn his brothers about the place of torment.
Wear’s video then focuses on McClure as he walks away from Atkins. Atkins can then be heard saying, “God is not the,” and McClure immediately reapproaches Atkins and handcuffs him.
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This happened in Reading, Pennsylvania this past weekend.
So let's get this straight...ANTIFA and BLM can do just about anything they want and create all kinds of mayhem on public property with impunity but the Reading Police Department arrested this street preacher on a public sidewalk for protesting the local Pride event?
It's a world turned upside down!
https://youtu.be/NXbzrxEuL54
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