Timminz wrote:He was not arrested for talking about god. He was asked to leave for making customers uncomfortable, and he was arrested for refusing to leave.
jay_a2j wrote:He was asked to leave because he was TALKING ABOUT GOD. He was not causing a disturbance, he was having a conversation with patrons who had the freedom to walk away but did not. You can't be asked to leave JUST BECAUSE. It's called freedom and I know in California there are probably less freedoms than other states but we STILL have a Constitution. If this was, as you say, a case where it was just a matter of "refusing to leave" it would never have made the news.
The link goes to an article titled
"Man Sues California Mall After Guard Arrests Him for Having Conversation About God." He wasn't asked to leave
JUST BECAUSE. His act of disregarding mall policy was intentional and he knew exactly what he was doing. It seems from the article that the youth pastor's intent was to create an incident. Unfortunately for him, he was NOT ARRESTED or CHARGED and didn't become the victim he hoped to be... but he did manage to get press coverage from FOX News online.
the article wrote:Court documents claim that Westfield’s policy simply limits activities that have a "political, religious or other noncommercial purpose" to designated areas within the mall, in order to "minimize congestion." Speakers must submit a written application at least four days in advance. Access to the designated areas is then awarded on a "first come, first selected" basis.
Roseville Galleria mall security guards wrote:. . . warned Snatchko on a number of occasions that he was violating the mall's Courtesy Guidelines by discussing religion with strangers. During one of his visits, guards even gave him a copy of the guidelines.
California superior court's 2008 ruling wrote:. . . that the mall's ban on controversial conversations with strangers doesn't violate freedom of speech.
jay_a2j wrote:I know in California there are probably less freedoms than other states.
That's pretty
funny stuff right there, because California is famous for it's nonliberal tight assed views.
or were you being sarcastic and I missed it?