Mississippi town figures out simple, effective way to stop Westboro Baptist Church fu

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Found this interesting news article when reading about Westboro Baptist Church which most of us propably really love.

Here is the procedure:

A couple of days before, one of them (Westboro protestors) ran his mouth at a Brandon gas station and got his arse waxed. Police were called and the beaten man could not give much of a description of who beat him. When they canvassed the station and spoke to the large crowd that had gathered around, no one seemed to remember anything about what had happened.
Rankin County handled this thing perfectly. There were many things that were put into place that most will never know about and at great expense to the county.
Most of the morons never made it out of their hotel parking lot. It seems that certain Rankin county pickup trucks were parked directly behind any car that had Kansas plates in the hotel parking lot and the drivers mysteriously disappeared until after the funeral was over. Police were called but their wrecker service was running behind and it was going to be a few hours before they could tow the trucks so the Kansas plated cars could get out.
A few made it to the funeral but were ushered away to be questioned about a crime they might have possibly been involved in. Turns out, after a few hours of questioning, that they were not involved and they were allowed to go on about their business.

Pretty cool.

[vienna]

I'm sure the ACLU will probably raise a stink about the whole matter, but I find this "solution" to be very, very creative, non-violent, and quite effective. Maybe the Westboro crazies should pray for guidance...no, wait, this may have been a divine indicator or sign that they are following the wrong path. Oh, the joy of seeing the light!...

[Platapus]

Not cool at all.

Two wrongs, while emotionally satisfying, do not make a right.

I wonder what this means

There were many things that were put into place that most will never know about and at great expense to the county.

I despise what the Westboro Baptist Church is doing. But this does not sound like an appropriate way to handle it. Sounds more like some people letting their emotions getting away with them.

"drivers mysteriously disappeared"

"ushered away to be questioned about a crime they might have possibly been involved in"

Is this really what we want the police doing?

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Is this really what we want the police doing?

We? We don't live there. They do, and apparently a quiet, peaceful funeral without distraction is what the people of that Mississippi town wanted. Their police force provided that. No reckless words, no news media events, no headlines, no political rhetoric, no fights or banners and slogans. Just a simple peace, good on'em I say

[Anthony W.]

I love the South, where county often trumps city.

Glad to see someone stopping them. Now I think I have a great idea. How about considering the funeral protestors to be in violation of the right to privacy of the family and friends attending it?

Or adding a, "Right to peacefully mourn loss" ammendment to the Constitution

[Growler]

Originally Posted by Platapus

"drivers mysteriously disappeared"

"ushered away to be questioned about a crime they might have possibly been involved in"

Is this really what we want the police doing?

Totally agree. Right now, WBC is PNG, and we all have a chuckle at what Rankin County did to them. Who next?

In light of another active thread on the board - the Fullerton, CA, PD beating a homeless guy to death - I'm not sure I trust any police department to know "when to stop." What happens when liberals become PNG in the deep south? Or conservatives in Maryland? Will it be acceptable for a community to park-block canvassers for one party who are working the opposite party's turf, or for their supporters to kick the crap out of the other guy's supporters, only to find that "no one saw anything?"

"No one saw anything" on Kristallnacht, either.

Now don't get me wrong: I loathe WBC, and the ACLU ain't on my Christmas card list, either. But this kind of behavior - specifically, the assault - disturbs me greatly.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Growler

Now don't get me wrong: I loathe WBC, and the ACLU ain't on my Christmas card list, either. But this kind of behavior - specifically, the assault - disturbs me greatly.