6 War Protesters Arrested For Disturbing Chicago Easter Mass
Posted on March 24, 2008
Six members of a group called Catholic Schoolgirls Against the War, were arrested yesterday, Easter, after standing up and screaming about Iraq while squirting fake blood all over themselves and other parishioners until security guards and ushers removed them, then the police arrested them. Their names are, Angela Haban, 20; Regan Maher, 25; Mercedes Phinaih, 18; Ephran Ramirez Jr., 22; Donte D. Smith, 21; and Ryane J. Ziemba, 25.
Police arrested the protesters and charged them with one count each of felony criminal damage to property and two counts each of misdemeanor simple battery.
“Even the Pope calls for peace,” the demonstrators shouted as they were escorted out of a church auditorium where the Mass was held because the church proper is under construction.
One Mass attendee, Mike Wainscott of Chicago, yelled at the anti-war protesters.
“Are you happy with yourselves?” he said. “There were kids in there. You scared little kids with your selfish act. Are you happy now?”
Obviously they did care one iota about scaring the children and I want to point out a comparison here.
On Saturday, 400-600 Eagles Up and Move America Forward members that thundered into the town of Berkeley to stage their own protest….. please notice that not one of them were arrested or broke the law.
I will ask again, why do “supposed” peace protesters always break the law and end up being arrested?
Is it because they aren’t as peaceful as they like to pretend to be?
Yup.
Chicago police said all six were scheduled to appear in bond court on Monday to face the felony charge; they have court date set for March 31 on the misdemeanors.
Seems the numbers get smaller for these anti-war groups and their message gets lost in the disgust that people now view them because of their antics, especially on Easter and in a house of God.
The red substance, which one protester later described as “stage blood,” initially drew gasps and a few terrified yelps from the 600 worshipers at the mass. The shock, however, quickly transformed into anger as people booed the six as they were escorted from the parish auditorium where the holiday service was taking place.
So, instead of making a point as they had hoped to, they scared children and angered the parishioners and got themselves arrested to boot.
Sounds about right.
[Update] More from Gateway Pundit.
Cross posted from Wake up America
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Just when I thought I could not possibly dislike anti-war protesters more… they go and attack the Cardinal’s Mass on Easter Sunday.
As a Chicagoan and a Catholic I am infuriated, and most of my friends and family feel the same. This makes many more people hate the anti-war cause. somehow I doubt that was the intention of these clowns…
All that’s missing from the story is the phrase “severe beating.”
Give them community service make them clean up trash along the highways thrown there by some of their idiot buddies make them pay for the thugish behavior
If there were to be justice, one needs to balance the five (+++) years of discomfort experienced by the people of Iraq against the discomfort of a small congregation at Sunday mass. While I deplore causing discomfort to Cathedral worshipers, I do not agree with the statement of the archdiocese on this matter. http://www.archchicago.org
Each of us must worship God out of the truth of our being. This fifth anniversary of war is at least as horrendous as selling pigeons in the temple when Jesus voiced protest and performed guerilla actions.
These young people should not be condemned by all people of faith and good will. Freedom to worship God should be inviolable. Their actions to honor a God of Peace for all people in Iraq and elsewhere needs to be upheld.
Their charges need to be reduced to misdemeanor and their fund-raising events for legal fees supported.
I am saddened that the officials of the archdiocese cannot support their own church’s teachings on this unjust war. Had they been more visibly involved in the local anti-war efforts, they might have been spared this momentary annoyance while the people of Iraq are occupied by troops funded with their monies and the lives of their own young people.
should not be censured for worshiping a life giving God
I like how they are trying to justify their lawlessness by saying the people of Iraq suffer more. None of their actions aid the Iraqis at all. Their charges are low enough already, could have piled on disorderly conduct, terrorism and hate crime charges.
Blaming the parishioners for continuing their war is kinda like blaming the guy who mines iron that is later turned into steel and finally weapons for promoting gun violence.