A couple were about to enter the Hillcrest Women's Medical Center on N. Front St. in Harrisburg, when Mr. Ed Snell, a local anti-abortion protester, began to verbally assault them from on top of his car parked in a parking lot next door to the clinic. The man did not care much for the verbal abuse emanating from Mr. Snell, so the Perry County man climbed the fence between the two properties and pushed Mr. Snell from his perch. Mr. Snell was taken to Hershey Medical Center and treated for head trauma and released a few days later.
Mr. Snell was parked in a private parking lot next door to the clinic, and separated by an 8 foot tall fence between the two properties. Mr. Snell was obviously trespassing, and verbally assaulting this couple. This couple had made a private decision, one that is not made easily to terminate a pregnancy for reasons known only to them. What right does Mr. Snell have to trespass and verbally assault these people? Mr. Snell had even gone so far as to construct a platform on top of his car so he can peer over that tall fence. Can you believe that?
Mr. Snell is also the same man that posts very graphic images of dead fetuses in front of his house for all to see. Neighbors have tried to get him to cease and desist from posting these horrible pictures, but to no avail. Mr. Snell apparently is within his first amendment rights to free speech on his property.
I do not condone what Mr. Richardson did to Mr. Snell, but one has to wonder what Mr. Snell was saying to this couple that provoked him in such a way as to climb that fence to attack Mr. Snell. I am willing to bet that it wasn't very nice.
I will be contacting the owner of the neighboring property to ask them if they intend to prosecute Mr. Snell for trespassing on their private property. The owner does have signs posted saying that it is private property. I am sure the owner was unaware of what was happening on his property in regards to these anti-abortionists.
I will be sending Mr. Richardson a check to put towards his legal defense in this matter. As for Mr. Snell, he should be cited for trespassing. His kind are hate mongers that cite the Bible for the "right" to do what they do. They are dangerous people, and cannot be reasoned with. Don't even try.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
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You don't condone what Mr. Richardson did, yet you are sending a check towards his legal defense. What the hell is the matter with you? Your check sure seems like an approval to me. By physically attacking Mr. Snell, Mr. Richardson demonstrated that he is just as big a hatemonger as you say Ed Snell is. Those of you who purport to care about people usually resort to calling your detractors hatemongers when you dislike what they have to say. You also wrote that Mr. Snell "supposedly" has a first amendment right to post his graphic pictures on his property. Mr. Snell has just as much right to political speech as you do. Ignore his pictures if you don't like them. Who cares? I "suppose" you also have a first amendment right to post your ill-conceived opinions on your blog.
As an afterthought, why do you care if Mr. Snell was trespassing? You're obviously a busy body do-gooder intent on maligning anyone who voices their anti-abortion sentiments.
Mr.Richardson was provoked by Mr. Snell hurling despicable speech at himself and the woman. No one should be subjected to such treatment from the likes of Mr. Snell. I'm sure Mr. Richardson is not a hatemonger. Here were 2 people just minding their own business and were verbally assaulted by Mr. Snell. What right does Mr. Snell have to verbally assault them? What they were doing is NOBODY'S business but their own. Whatever happened to the right to privacy?
I agree with Mr. Burger.
And according to a later story in The Patriot, Mr. Snell yelled, "Real men don't take their girlfriends to abortion clinics!" That statement was meant to provoke a fight.
Mr. Richardson did not premeditate his action, but Snell certainly planned his. I feel sorry for Richardson's girlfriend, because now her decision certainly isn't a private one!
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