Westboro Baptist Church defeated

AWESOME! Good work boys in blue. Good work, indeed.

It's taken too long for something like this to happen.

I hate the westboro baptist church as much as the next guy and and laughed my ass of at the article

but there is a part of me that is a little apprehensive of a precedent this might set for the popularity of tactics like this (especially the involvment of police officers)...is it really unrealistic for the same Missippi town to employ these tactics against supporters of gay marriage?

not freaking out about it and overall glad this happened to the scum bags...just something to be aware of

Westboro Baptist Church is so widely despised in this country they have managed to give both the LBGT community as well as good ol' boys in the deep south a common enemy. That doesn't happen often.

I especially liked this comment on the article:

"Faith+1 said...

I've always said that the WBC should be allowed to exercise their Constitutional right to be assholes. Others should be allowed their Constitutional rights to treat them like assholes. It's the American Way."

HAHAHAHAHA

yeah... wrote:

I hate the westboro baptist church as much as the next guy and and laughed my ass of at the article

but there is a part of me that is a little apprehensive of a precedent this might set for the popularity of tactics like this (especially the involvment of police officers)...is it really unrealistic for the same Missippi town to employ these tactics against supporters of gay marriage?

not freaking out about it and overall glad this happened to the scum bags...just something to be aware of

This is true. I'm with you, not broken up about the whole thing but it is probably a 14th amendment problem.

Good luck getting those good ole boys to only abuse their authority when you deem it appropriate. People who applaud this type of policing will sooner or later have the boot of authority stamped down on their face.

Once again, Mississippi lives up to its reputation on civil and constitutional rights.

The Westboro Baptist Church case was one of the few controversial Supreme Court cases in recent years where conservatives (other than Sam Alito) and liberals joined in their defense of the Constitutional rights of unpopular parties. The people of Mississippi, of course, have other ideas . . . .

anton chigurh wrote:

Good luck getting those good ole boys to only abuse their authority when you deem it appropriate. People who applaud this type of policing will sooner or later have the boot of authority stamped down on their face.

Only if they're dumb enough to go to Mississippi.

The Stache wrote:

AWESOME! Good work boys in blue. Good work, indeed.

Actually you should be very disturbed by this, and also the fact that the Justice Department hasn't been called in.

The admission that a violent felony had been committed and overlooked by law enforcement is very disturbing.

Additionally, County vehicles were used for an unlawful purpose, and the unlawful activity was coordinated with the police.

One would hope that the Westboro Baptist Church would quit their childish antics, and focus on a lawsuit against the Mississippi highway patrol. As massive judgement in their favor would be deserved, but unfortunately the money will be used to fund even more of their offensive protest.

After loosing a civil lawsuit, criminal indictments against the police and dozens of fired officers, perhaps the Rednecks in Blue will think about what they do next time?

that is unconstitutional. it'll be thrown out. wbc is protected by the u.s. constitution.

Guys, as a Mississippian, I have seen this story and heard from a lot of different sources that none of these events happened. I don't know one way or the other, but that article is hardly reliable information. I suspect the violent acts are the product of some guy trying to sound like a badass and didn't happen.

I won't shed a tear over any of those loons getting a beat-down, but I'm almost as disturbed at the comments at the linked site as well as at the Ole Miss blog, even allowing for the puffery inherent in anonymous Internet contributions. It's not at all surprising that Mississippi is perceived as a hotbed of aggravated hickery while religious. None of these yee-haw folks can see how confoundingly ironic it is for them to be invoking the same God in this very discussion that the WBC assholes do.

Rednecks in blue wrote:

The Stache wrote:

AWESOME! Good work boys in blue. Good work, indeed.

Actually you should be very disturbed by this, and also the fact that the Justice Department hasn't been called in.

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As much as I try, I'm just not. Sorry. I know all the constitutional protections afforded them. I just can't agree with this particular group getting to spread their "message." Their message is clearly designed to cause a disturbance - that is their explicit goal, whether they admit to it or not. Disturbance of the public peace and public safety is not protected.

I don't believe in heaven or hell or any god. But for people like these, who so callously disturb families' celebrations and remembrances of loved ones who have died, who so maliciously seek to profit from others' pain, I hope there is a never-ending lake of fire for them to be cast into and I hope whatever satan is there will ass rape every single one of them with his 20 inch long barbed member for the rest of eternity.

Wow, just an awesome documentary!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ticxD0GfewA&feature=related

That's a great story if true!

Zero Gravity wrote:

Wow, just an awesome documentary!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ticxD0GfewA&feature=related

It's heartbreaking to see those poor kids raised in such a manner by such people.

I think a lot of you misunderstood the article.

First off, Police vehicles were not used in any questionable way. It was the RESIDENTS of the county that blocked the vehicles in with their pick-up trucks. Sure, it's a minor parking violation for them, but big deal?

Second, police weren't amiss in the assault case either. The "Victim" was unable to identify his attackers - and nobody else at the scene could "remember" anything either. And they aren't under any obligation to do so.

As far as the "questioning" that took place at the funeral, they were still well within their right to question them, not like it hurts them in any way other than taking up a little bit of time. They were set free and not charged with anything.

Tounces wrote:

Second, police weren't amiss in the assault case either. The "Victim" was unable to identify his attackers - and nobody else at the scene could "remember" anything either. And they aren't under any obligation to do so.

You sound like a gang banger or Mafia type, pure criminal logic and reasoning.