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Woman Arrested Trying To Take Terri Schiavo Water
Reuters ^ | 3/22/05 | Rick Fowler

Posted on 03/22/2005 1:21:25 PM PST by 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



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KEYWORDS: allterriallthetime; anotherterrithread; boycottflorida; schiavo; schiavorepublic; terri; terripalooza; terrischiavo; water; worldwaterday
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To: the Deejay
Carla Iyer's deposition says Terri swallowed.

Please show me the document that supports your contention.

I'm prone to believing a deposition over an anonymous Website posting.
181 posted on 03/22/2005 2:04:40 PM PST by Xenalyte (I am at Dr. Venture's lab to right that which is wrong and to repair the torn curtain of time itself)
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To: Asphalt


I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink ... I was sick and you looked after me ....
‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’


182 posted on 03/22/2005 2:05:03 PM PST by kisanri
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To: ET(end tyranny)
U R seeing OLD TAPE FOOTAGE.

And how do you suppose she could chew bread?

She cannot close her jaw.

Ever see it closed?

183 posted on 03/22/2005 2:05:13 PM PST by the Deejay (I'LL RESPECT YOUR OPINION....IF YOU'LL RESPECT MINE.....)
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To: Xenalyte
Schiavo is an adulterous scumbag who deserves a great deal worse than he's getting, which is marriage to a skank who thought nothing of helping him commit adultery and bearing him two bastards.

That may be true, but it's my understanding that under Florida law, he is her legal guardian.

184 posted on 03/22/2005 2:05:27 PM PST by Modernman ("They're not people, they're hippies!"- Cartman)
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To: notigar
It could be anyone, any country.

We have no right to discuss human rights with any country.

Having 6 year old sew soccer balls is more humane than this.

185 posted on 03/22/2005 2:05:34 PM PST by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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To: tomahawk
I agree with you. The libs would be outraged if someone was arrested for bringing water to cop killer Wesley Cook.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
186 posted on 03/22/2005 2:06:03 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: notigar
You are wrong and uninformed. Nurse Carla Iyer's deposition says that Terri can and did swallow.
187 posted on 03/22/2005 2:06:08 PM PST by Xenalyte (I am at Dr. Venture's lab to right that which is wrong and to repair the torn curtain of time itself)
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To: Guenevere

Where was I?

In class.... taking biology, driver's ed, and geometry.


188 posted on 03/22/2005 2:06:51 PM PST by BlueNgold (Feed the Tree .....)
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To: Modernman

IIRC, Terri's legal guardian is George Greer.

Judge George Greer.

Yes, that Judge Greer.

Myself, I'd call it a conflict of interest large enough to dwarf Michael Moore, but that's just me.


189 posted on 03/22/2005 2:07:00 PM PST by Xenalyte (I am at Dr. Venture's lab to right that which is wrong and to repair the torn curtain of time itself)
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To: Sam's Army
Yeah, let's you and I get together and crash a funeral or two and make a bunch of jokes about people in attendance as well as the deceased.

1) Ain't nobody dead yet.

2) I'm not making fun of Terri or her family.

190 posted on 03/22/2005 2:07:01 PM PST by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: hedgetrimmer

Hope. Every one there has a chance.


191 posted on 03/22/2005 2:08:03 PM PST by bvw
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To: Asphalt

God bless this woman. She is acting in Jesus' name.

For Michael Schiavo, here are the words of the Gospel:

41 Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry, and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me not to drink.


192 posted on 03/22/2005 2:08:07 PM PST by Palladin (Proud to be a FReeper!)
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To: Xenalyte
Oh please, if I see that perjurist document once, I've seen it a hundred times.

Took her SIX YEARS to come forward with those accusations.

Her credibility is shot to pieces.

193 posted on 03/22/2005 2:08:15 PM PST by the Deejay (I'LL RESPECT YOUR OPINION....IF YOU'LL RESPECT MINE.....)
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To: goldstategop
What law? If there's a law against feeding a human being on the books, I'm not aware of it. Please cite statute and source.

1. The court order removing the tube from Terri?

2. Interfering with hospice procudure/equipment?

3. Trespassing?

194 posted on 03/22/2005 2:08:31 PM PST by StoneColdGOP ("What does Marsellus Wallace look like?")
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To: Bluegrass Conservative
The deputies have been COMISSIONED to follow every order given, haven't they?

Keep playing with semantics while a defenseless disabled woman is starved to death.

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing"

195 posted on 03/22/2005 2:09:17 PM PST by proust (It's dangerous to assume someone wants to die because they signed no paper stating otherwise.)
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To: wallcrawlr

#177..Amen


196 posted on 03/22/2005 2:09:51 PM PST by Guenevere (Sola Gratia)
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To: carolinablonde
that's a little like saying, "in the long run, we're all dead."

very bad, dead, lifeless logic.

197 posted on 03/22/2005 2:09:53 PM PST by the invisib1e hand ("remember, from ashes you came, to ashes you will return.")
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To: tomahawk
Mrs. Don-o Here

I know this brave, gutsy lady Lana Jacobs. She is indeed a grandmother, also the mother of two disabled daughters. She and her husband and kids are from the St. Francis Catholic Worker house in Columbia, MO, a place where they try to LIVE what Jesus said in Matthew 25: you know, you encounter the person who is hungry, thirst, naked, sick, in prison, and you do--- what? And then Jesus says, "Whatsoever you do to the least of my brethren, you do unto Me."

Freepers, send her a bit of support (she'll have legal expenses):

Lana Jacobs
St. Francis Catholic Worker
901 Rangeline Street
Columbia, MO 65201

As for the "illegality" of her action, I dispute the idea that it is illegal. Every state makes provision for what is called a "necessity" defense, based on the fact that you were doing something urgent to save somebody's life (or even to save a valuable piece of property, or a pet, by the way!)

For instance: say there's a burning house on property that's posted "No Trespassing." You see a person at a 2nd floor window. You grab a neighbor's ladder, run onto the property, climb up, break a window, grab the person, save their life.

You would not be arrested --- let alone prosecuted --- let alone convicted, for (1) "theft" of the ladder (2) "trespassing" (3) "breaking and entering" --- because you could show that your purpose was to rescue someone in danger of death.
198 posted on 03/22/2005 2:09:59 PM PST by don-o (Stop Freeploading. Do the right thing and become a Monthly Donor.)
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To: Asphalt

Why the (R)?


199 posted on 03/22/2005 2:10:03 PM PST by jcb8199
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To: Xenalyte
Myself, I'd call it a conflict of interest large enough to dwarf Michael Moore, but that's just me.

How so? I'm guessing (and correct me if I'm wrong) that he became her guardian as part of the legal proceedings. What kind of conflict does this judge have?

200 posted on 03/22/2005 2:10:06 PM PST by Modernman ("They're not people, they're hippies!"- Cartman)
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