Posted on 05/24/2020 9:12:30 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
On Sunday, Chicagos first openly gay mayor, Lori Lightfoot, mounted a raid on a black South Side church for holding services in defiance of her coronavirus lockdown orders.
Lightfoot reportedly sent three marked squad cars and two unmarked cars full of officers to the Chicago Cornerstone Baptist Church in the South Sides Woodlawn neighborhood. Woodlawn is just south of Hyde Park, the area in which the Obamas lived for a short time before Barack became president.
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Prov356🇺🇸 (@cujo_14) May 24, 2020
The pastor of the mostly black congregation, Courtney Lewis, reportedly shut and locked the doors and refused to allow the officers to gain entry to the building, Todd Starnes reported.
Pastor Lewis told Starnes that he felt like he was confronting the Soviet-style KGB as the officers pounded on his doors and demanded entry to shut the church down.
Thankfully, our doors were locked as a normal safety precaution we take each service to protect our members from the escalating gun violence in Chicago, Lewis said.
A sentry that is usually posted outside the sanctuary to monitor the street during service also reported seeing occupants of a dark car with tinted windows filming the incident through one opened window.
All we are seeking is the same consideration and trust that is being tendered toward the liquor stores, abortion clinics, and Walmart, Lewis told Starnes.
Lewis is also seeking help from U.S. Attorney John Lausch. We are trying to follow the laws of man as much as reasonably possible, but when the laws of man conflict with the laws of God, I, as a pastor, have a duty to follow the laws of God, Lewis wrote in a recent letter to Lausch. We will not be intimidated by this overhanded government bully...
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How Dims are further angering the “black vote”.
I would bet that every one of them did.
Getting what they voted for.
Democrats ALWAYS use power. They never let up.
They used the full power of the state against Trump.
They SWATTED Republicans and put them in jail as part of that effort.
They ginned up impeachment on ZERO evidence.
Democrats USE power.
Presently one of them is tying up Gen. Flynn like it’s nothing and getting away with it.
If these people always supported American ideals and Constitutional objectives, they would have my full support. As it is, it seems they are being somewhat selective. Still, this time, they are right.
Can’t find video showing the cops pounding on the door of the church. Anyone see this?
About 5 towns down the road in Berlin a Baptist Mega Church with a Hugh congregation said they are going to sue Murph if he does not make churches essential.
This keeps up NJ is going to go red come Nov,
About three weeks ago AG Barr sent a memo to U.S. attorneys telling them to “be on the lookout for state and local directives that could be violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens.
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Where is ‘Bagpipe Bill’ on this obvious violation of the right to worship?
These police goon squad tactics are terrifying
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Where is the DOJ?
Lori Lightfoot = Calibos from Clash of the Titans
With Lausch being the qualified US attorney to deal with violent gangs and cartels and specifically hired for that, you’d think he would be the perfect attorney to go after the City of Chicago.
Welcome to the Republican Party folks!
Woodlawn is a stable, financially improving, minority, neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. The population is 85% black and median household income is above $25,000 per year.
Unlike its neighbors, Grand Crossing (8 murdered, 49 wounded, year to date) and South Shore (11 murdered, 21 wounded), Woodlawn is NOT on the list of Chicago’s deadliest hoods as it has suffered only one murder this year.
Given that Woodlawn was the home of the Blackstone Rangers, that is a true testament to the hard work and character of its residents.
Mayor Groot and the Progtard DildoCrat establishment just kicked them in the teeth.
I hope so, but at this point, it’s time for Americans to see what The Left is with their own eyes. Otherwise, if they want to live in a prison state, they absolutely will live in a prison state.
Hoe many Friday night mosque raids were authorized?
It would be, but will never be because of my tagline.
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