Police in Washington, D.C., arrested a man and a woman in front of Planned Parenthood because they were writing “Black Preborn Lives Matter” with a piece of chalk outside the abortion facility.
“Our students and team members were threatened, harassed, and arrested in front of Planned Parenthood in Washington D.C. for painting Black Preborn Lives Matter,” the pro-life group Students for Life tweeted Saturday.
“We’ve had several offers from legal organisations to help our @StudentsforLife team in light of the unconstitutional arrests and banning of our #BlackPreBornLivesMatter street painting today,” Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins said.
“After applying and receiving our permit and after being told by the Metropolitan police that the Mayor has ‘opened a Pandora’s box’ by painting public streets, Students for Life arrived at the D.C. Planned Parenthood on the 1st of August to six police cars threatening to arrest our team and student leaders if we painted ‘BLACK PREBORN LIVES MATTER,’ even using the temporary paint we bought that the Police Department specifically requested,” they added.
When the members of the group asked if they could use sidewalk chalk to chalk their anti-violence message on the streets, “the police threatened to arrest us.”
Last weekend, the Baby Lives Matter movement painted “Baby Lives Matter” in front of a Planned Parenthood clinic in the city. The movement began three weeks ago after artist and pro-life activist Tayler Hansen spent seven hours painting a Baby Lives Matter mural on the street in front of a Planned Parenthood abortion facility in his hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Source: christianpost.com
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