Whatever Happened to the Street Preacher?

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Originally Posted by Aquila

Most street preachers, if arrested, are only charged with misdemeanor charges that are eventually dropped at arraignment. Some preachers preach "hot button" messages that are just insulting and insight persecution. These are often charged with something a little more serious. Regardless...we must preach. ...
All praise and glory be unto our God.

Again, I have to ask, "Where?"

I know one guy who was picked up and taken to a City Hospital for a psych evaluation. He wasn't really "preaching" but had a "ball and chain" strapped to his ankle (a bowling ball with the word "SIN" painted on it) and was crawling on the sidewalk weeping over the lost.

He was released after a brief interview with the doctors. I wonder whatever happened to that old bowling ball? It would probably tell a lot of stories if you could get it to talk.

But on the "arrest" side of things - just look at some folks that everybody in America wanted to see arrested but never could get it done - Fred Phelps and his gang.

We enjoy a tremendous amount of freedom in America. You'd have to really cross a line and push a cop or take a swing at a bystander to get arrested on a public street. I've been there when the beer bottles and the vibrators came raining down. You'd have to really go out of your way to get arrested and actually commit a crime.