Now comes the really weird part. The same newspaper sourced in this article runs an editorial on Tuesday. And their take on the incident? You guessed it; they castigate the peaceful abortion protesters and not the nut with the bat.
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Posted on 03/31/2009 10:02:41 PM PDT by Upstate NY Guy
GREENPORT, NY — A Rhinebeck man was charged with second-degree harassment by Greenport Police Wednesday after allegedly confronting anti-abortion activists at the entrance of the Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood on Route 9 in Greenport.
Jake Freedman, 20, was pulling into the reproductive health care provider’s parking lot with his girlfriend and mother at about 11:15 a.m. when he confronted the activists.
“Words were exchanged,” said Greenport Police Officer Joseph O’Connell. Freedman then allegedly exited his vehicle swinging a cricket bat. “Nobody was hit, but two signs were damaged,” O’Connell said.
Freedman also pushed a protester into the roadway, according to police.
One of the activists signed a complaint against Freedman
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Now comes the really weird part. The same newspaper sourced in this article runs an editorial on Tuesday. And their take on the incident? You guessed it; they castigate the peaceful abortion protesters and not the nut with the bat.
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“don’t show the gruesome details”
Yes, be better neighbors like the people killing the babies and don’t show us the icky pictures.
Notice the anti-male hit in the article. No surprise.
They have cricket bats in New York?
I wondered what the hell and American was doing with a cricket bat then I saw it was New York
I guess Jake doesn't realize that if his mother pulled into that lot 21 yrs ago Jake wouldn't be here now.
..????..of course, but they are hard too see because the little guys keep bending over and rubbing their legs together, and only play at night in the dark
They have Americans in New York too?
Protecting children=ripping apart the unborn in secret
Avoiding the "birds and bees talk"=avoiding talk of death
Becoming a better neighbor=becoming invisible if you do not agree with liberals
It is also pretty bizzare to read a phrase in a newspaper such as: "nor are we suggesting that the First Amendment only applies to some people. But..."
But I thought wanting pictures of military coffins were NECCESARY in order to show the REAL COST of war!
But, not in the case of abortion??
I've heard that there are a few hiding in the woods upstate.
“It is also pretty bizzare to read a phrase in a newspaper such as: “nor are we suggesting that the First Amendment only applies to some people. But...”
Liberalism is pretty bizarre. It has a VERY selective view of natural, human and Consitutional rights.
Maybe way upstate!
Excellent point.
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