Ethics

Wingnut Arrested for Disrupting Meeting

By Ed Brayton

The new mayor of Southport, Indiana, Rob Thoman, decided to do away with a spoken prayer at the start of their city council meetings and substituted it with a moment of silence. One local wingnut decided he simply couldn't be happy if he could not force others to listen to his prayers and got arrested for it:

During the moment of silence, Lynch began reading a prayer out loud; when asked to be quiet, Lynch began to pray louder, according to the report.

Lynch was then asked to leave the meeting. He refused and grabbed a chair, prompting Southport assistant Chief Mark Myers to forcibly pry Lynch's hands from the chair, according to the report.

Lynch continued to resist Myers, according to the report, and refused to to place his hands behind his back. He was eventually removed from the building and handcuffed.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on November 23, 2008 (boomark / email).