Woman Arrested Trying To Take Terri Schiavo Water

Reuters ^ | 3/22/05 | Rick Fowler

[Asphalt]

St. Francis Catholic worker Lana Jacobs (R) is arrested by Pinellas Park, Florida police officers and is handcuffed by Pinellas Park Sheriff deputies for trespassing. Jacobs tried to take a bottle of water into the Woodside Hospice for Terri Schiavo in Pinellas Park, Florida on March 22, 2005. Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman who resides at the Hospice had her feeding tube removed last Friday, March 18, 2005 by a court order. REUTERS/Rick Fowler

[hedgetrimmer]

Everybody outside the hospice should line up one at a time and go in with water. That'll tie them up so much handling each arrest that maybe eventually someone could get water to her.

[La Enchiladita]

This is all to weird that this is happening this week. Easter week!

The Passion of Christ re-lived in front of our eyes, in our time. The hand of God is in this... Keep praying...

[AFPhys]

God Bless her.

I hope others emulate her courage.

[Centurion2000]

The cops rot in hell for murder? Little extreme.

They are aiding and abetting this crime now.

[Guenevere]

#30...We reasonably passively resisted, 12, 13, 14 years ago.

Where were you?

It was abortion then.

It's euthanasia now.

What are you waiting for?

[Terpesman]

It would be better than starving to death.

[Xenalyte]

We as a nation are failing grievously.

The question is when we decide it's time to stand up, grow a pair, and be real men, instead of the spineless pusses we are.

[Sam's Army]

"open and dump the bottles on law enforcement while they pull you out."

While I agree that more civil disobediance is needed, that's asking for a nightstick to the jaw.

[wallcrawlr]

more...I want to see and hear about more of these angels...Flood that hospital!!

[Bluegrass Conservative]

Deep, philospohical insight from another cheerleader for dehydration.

Nope, actually I think that's a horrible way to die.

[polymuser]

Maybe a different approach?

[omega4412]

Finally, reasonable passive resistance from the Right!

St. Francis Catholic Worker? From the Left, it appears., here or here

[balrog666]

you go, girl!

All the way to jail!

[longtermmemmory]

deja vu

[tomball]

What kind of country do we live in when someone is arrested for trying to save a life, and another is parolled for taking one?

To quote a famous Freeper - "Just Damn."

[Modernman]

The question is when we decide it's time to stand up, grow a pair, and be real men, instead of the spineless pusses we are.

I wonder what percentage of people are actually okay with pulling the plug here?

FR can be an echo chamber, but I think a lot of people in this country are in favor of letting Terri die.

[Xenalyte]

The way I see it, there are only so many cops on the premises.

If we could get several thousand of us, all "armed" with water, there's no physical way they could contain us all.

They'd have to gas the facility, and they can't do that because of all the sick people inside it.

[La Enchiladita]

Our nation's death row prisoners don't suffer in this way.

Heinous criminals on death row have had their death sentences commuted! Remember Illinois? Why can't Terri have her death sentence commuted?

[Sam's Army]

"Nope, actually I think that's a horrible way to die."

You have a funny way of showing it.

[Snerdley]

Freep this place! Everyone bring a bottle of water and try to get in. As they arrest one person (taking two cops to process them) more fill in behind them. Eventually there will be somone who can get through with a water bottle and dropper to help this woman. No jury in the world is going to convict someone for bringing in a bottle of water.