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Title: Police taser Texas pastor Jose Elias Moran in front of congregants in church parking lot
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URL Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_ ... 02/2009-07-02_pastor_and_.html
Published: Jul 3, 2009
Author: AP
Post Date: 2009-07-03 10:32:08 by Jethro Tull
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WEBSTER, Texas - Police used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray to disperse his congregants Wednesday after the pastor allegedly interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot. Congregants say they were in the Iglesia Profetica Peniel church for an early morning prayer when pastor Jose Elias Moran went to assist the stopped driver, a church member, by asking the police what had happened. An incident report on the Webster police department's Web site said Officer Raymond Berryman tried to calm Moran and arrest him. But police say he pushed the officer, went inside the church and returned with 40 other congregants. The congregants say Moran fled into the church when the officer grew angry and began to yell, and Moran's family disputes that the pastor touched the officer. Moran's son Miguel said 30 witnesses saw the officer turn aggressive and repeatedly kick the church door. Several members were hit with pepper spray and children were present, Miguel Moran said. "They treated him as if he were a drug dealer or murderer, but he is a pastor that tries to help the community," Moran said. "The police always want to be right but they are not." Heart condition Moran's wife, Maria, said she tried to help her husband after he was hit with the Taser but police threatened to arrest her. "My husband has a heart condition and with electrocution who knows what could've happened," Maria Moran said, referring to the Taser's electrical shock. "A pastor has to tend to his flock," she said. "That is all he was doing." Speaking from a hospital bed Wednesday night, Moran told The Associated Press he planned to hire an attorney to file charges against the officer. He was being held at the hospital overnight for additional tests. Police did not immediately return calls seeking comment and more details of the incident. Police Sgt. James Lovel did not specify Moran's status, except to say he was in custody and negotiations for bail were taking place Wednesday night. Webster is a suburb southeast of Houston. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/07/02/2009-07-02_pastor_and_.html#ixzz0KCsjRsNr&D
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#1. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
good lord
The smooth criminal transition from Bush/Cheney to Obama
WE SO FREEEEEEEE!
30 witnesses saw the officer turn aggressive and repeatedly kick the church door. Several members were hit with pepper spray and children were present, Miguel Moran said. PIG!!
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
I would have said until recently that the police are more racist than the general population, but I think now the newly-militarized and Patriot Act'ized police just treat EVERYONE the same in this country, regardless of race, color or creed--like pieces of $h!t. It must be very heartwarming for the PTB as the economy continues into the $h!tter that the police state is already so firmly in place. The boot is stamping on the human face--forever. Obama owes a great debt of gratitude to Darth, the Chimp and the morbid gangs of neocons who pulled off the 9/11 "inside job" which enabled the Patriot Act(s). The tyranny is now entrenched.
“I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.” - Sam Houston
WOW..!! Isn't a church parking lot PRIVATE PROPERTY.? Did the WACKED OUT COP hava a WARRANT.? And, doesn't the inside of a CHURCH provide ASYLM to THOSE INSIDE.?? WHAT THE HECK ARE COPS SMOKING NOWADAYS.? THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR from PIGS ABUSING THEIR AUTHORITY IS EVERYWHERE in THE USA. I hope that some of the witnesses got this event on videotape.
It's officially out of hand.
i agree. i would ask why the cop was on private property giving a ticket. unless the driver had drieven there after being pulled over. neither way it's pretty dumb to interfere with a pig when they are doing pig duties, not that that justified the reaction of the pigs, but still. even i would never pester a pig when they have someone pulled over. anyone with common sense knows theyre dangerous kooks. now the good pastor knows it too.
Glory to God in the highest, and Peace to His people on Earth. Glory to God in the highest, and Peace to His people on Earth.
Heart condition Moran's wife, Maria, said she tried to help her husband after he was hit with the Taser but police threatened to arrest her.
#2. To: christine (#1)
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#3. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
Moran fled into the church when the officer grew angry and began to yell
#4. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
#5. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot
#6. To: sizzlerguy (#5)
#7. To: sizzlerguy, jethro tull (#5)
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#8. To: Artisan (#7)
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"I don't know where Bin Laden is. I truly am not that concerned about him"
George W, Bush, 3/13/02 http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html
#9. To: Esso (#2)
WE SO FREEEEEEEE!
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