Posted on 10/29/2013 7:45:16 AM PDT by boycott
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- First Baptist Church has released a statement regarding the recent arrest of a man outside the church that is gaining attention and sparking conversation on social media.
Joshua Chukwuedozie Ude, 23, was arrested in the parking lot of the church, located at 600 Governors Drive, after Huntsville police said he was questioned about disruptive behavior during a service inside. Police said he became uncooperative and refused to leave.
Police arrested him and charged him with resisting arrest and criminal trespassing.
The arrest was caught on video by someone who identifies himself as Ude's brother.
First Baptist Church has since posted the following statement to their website:
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First Baptist Church has since posted the following statement to their website:
"First Baptist Church is a community of Christian believers who are committed to knowing, loving and serving Christ together.
On Sunday, October 27th, three men were observed taking photographs outside the church of the mosaic on the front of our building. One man entered the building, was welcomed by our ushers and invited to join the service which was already in progress. Initially, he declined, but later two of the three young men entered the sanctuary approximately 40 minutes after the service had begun, walked down the center aisle and sat in the front pew. Our pastor, Dr. David Hull, was already preaching the sermon at this point. One of the men removed a cell phone and appeared to be videotaping and/or taking photographs. At no time were the men confronted or asked to leave the service. They remained in the service for approximately 10 minutes, at which time they got up, walked out the center aisle and left the service. The third young man remained in the hallway engaged in conversation with our ushers. After leaving .....
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Get the extended concealed carry.
Then it’s just up to the individual church who carries and who doesn’t.
They were up to something, other than coming to church to worship.
My guess is they were trying to play victims of racial discrimination.
Imagine if whites did that in a black church. Imagine if they had done this in a mosque.
That has been known to happen, but it's not always legal. From the Texas Penal Code Chapter 38, Section 38.02:
FAILURE TO IDENTIFY.
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally refuses to give his name, residence address, or date of birth to a peace officer who has lawfully arrested the person and requested the information.
(b) A person commits an offense if he intentionally gives a false or fictitious name, residence address, or date of birth to a peace officer who has:
(1) lawfully arrested the person;
(2) lawfully detained the person; or
(3) requested the information from a person that the peace officer has good cause to believe is a witness to a criminal offense.
I can see why!
That thought did cross my mind. Truly a low life plan.
They were trying to cause a racial incident and probably got very upset when it didn’t happen
The mosaic and the “living Christmas tree” are very strange
I learned very young to do my fighting in court and not on the side of the road. You will lose.
I know it happens, but I didn’t get those “fictitious rights . . . from the internet”, I got them from the Texas Criminal Statutes.
Your post quotes the laws that say you MUST identify. What rights are you claiming that you DON’T have to identify? If a cop wants you to identify, he/she has a reason. If you choose to resist, most likely trouble will ensue. I still don’t get your point. A LEO will ask your name if they have reasonable suspicion that you have something to do with what they are investigating. These church thugs were at the scene and witnesses identified them as the people of interest. Their name was requested and the trouble begins. From that point on it’s like skating downhill. The cops will cuff you, put you on the ground and search your pockets looking for ID. If they find dope or weapons, well, they should have just answered the cop in the first place. Now we get a trip downtown and get a photo taken and fingerprint. All because they had “rights” to privacy that someone told them about. Maybe they need your number for legal advice.
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