Pinellas Park police officers on Saturday arrest David Vogel, in back of vehicle, James "Bo " Gritz, center, and Leon Richie for trying to bring Terri Schiavo holy communion. (Photo: AP)
Posted on 03/21/2005 12:41:06 AM PST by ambrose
Citizen’s Arrest of Schiavo Judge Planned
blocked site, do not post:
http://www.theempirejournal.com/03180532_citizens_arrest_of_schi.htm
sigh.
Gritz is the one who got arrested.
I'd say whatever citizen does or attempts to do this in heap a big trouble.
Oh, s***fire! G-d, please let this fool be stopped before he fouls up the effort to save Terri's life!
No sympathy here for Bo Gritz. That nut defied court orders.
How DARE someone try to bring a disabled person the Eucharist!
Uhhhhh, Is this guy nuts?
Citizen's arrest power is limited to apprehending a felon when you have personally observed the felony. Law enforcement officials are NOT obligated to serve and/or execute a Citizens Arrest Warrant (is there even such a thing?).
This course of action is useless, and foolish in the extreme.
Is Bo Gritz a Eucharistic Minister now? Last I heard, he was a skinhead sympathizer.
He's more of a Nazi than I am, come to think of it.
I had never heard of Bo, but had been mulling over the citizen's arrest idea. Then I saw a post far down in a thread about him, with his picture in his green Beret outfit, and it said the FBI had used him in similar situations. So I thought I'd make a new post with just him. "Go bo!"
But suddenly I was told I had posted a bogus article and was suspended for a day here! Ouch! Contrary Mary told me Bo had a history of white supremacism, which I didn't know. I just wanted a fast rescue for Terri. But seeing this bland guy meekly going into the police van was not what I expected.
Yes, he's a white supremacist sympathizer. Like I said, I have no sympathy for anyone who willingly go out of their way to circumvent the laws of this land, even for an act of mercy.
Do a Google search on Bo Gritz and be sure to fasten your seatbelt.
"Nuts" doesn't begin.
I'm glad you weren't around for the War for Independence. Bad laws are bad laws. Civil disobedience is sometimes necessary, as is jury nullification.
I'd be getting warmer if I said he was a fringe wacko.
What he did was stupid. Pure and simple.
Have you heard that audio of Terri and her father that Drudge has on his site?
He is back? Please.
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