Bond Set at $25-35,000 For Holy Name Easter Protesters!
They may be sitting a while in their bloody church clothes.
The "Holy Name 6" as they are called by their Leftist supporters were arraigned in court this afternoon.
(Chicago Indymedia)
Bond was set at $25,000 to $35,000 for the six antiwar protesters who screamed and squirted fake blood around on the Catholics attending Easter Mass.
WBBM reported:
CHICAGO -- A judge set bond at $25,000 to $35,000 today for six anti-war protestors following an Easter service disruption at Holy Name Cathedral in the Loop Sunday morning.Mugshots from Tuscon Cox Network and NBC5:
Three men and three women were arrested at 735 N. State St. at the 11:40 a.m. service.
Cardinal Francis George was leading services at the Parish Center because of construction at the main Cathedral. The protestors discharged packets of fake blood. Some of it splattered parishioners.
Bond was set at $35,000 for Donte D. Smith, 21 and $25,000 for the five others including: Ephran Ramirez, Jr., 22, and Ryane J. Ziemba, 25, Mercedes Phinaih, 18, Regan Maher, 25, and Angela Haban, 20. Smith has served time in a federal prison in Texas for trespassing on a Native American reservation.
All six protestors were charged with two counts of felony criminal damage to property and two counts of simple battery.
As Cardinal George began his homily, the protesters stood up to stage what they called a Die-In.
The group denounced the Cardinal for meeting this past January with President Bush, who they label a war criminal.
Ryane Ziemba
Donte Smith
Ephron Ramirez, Jr.
Angela Haban
Mercedes Phinaih
Regan Maher
Supporters of the protesters attended the arraignment today and are looking for donors to help raise the bail money for the "Holy Name 6."
MORE... Chicago Indymedia:
Today's hearing was in regards to charges of felony defacement of property at a place of worship in excess of $300; that makes the charge a Class III felony. The fake blood allegedly used in the action stained the auditorium's carpet and 14 chairs, incurring a $400 cleaning bill. According to the prosecuting attorney, the cleaning failed and the carpet will need to be replaced at a cost of $3000. Special conditions have been set for all the arrestees which prevent them from having any contact with Cardinal George, Holy Name Cathedral, or the area of 735 N. State Street.Previously:
EASTER MASS ATTACK!! Protesters Scream & Spray Fake Blood at Churchgoers
UPDATE: The O'Reilly Factor ran a segment on this assault tonight. It must have been recorded earlier in the day because they did not talk about the court visit today.
UPDATE 2: Patrick Ishmael has more on Dante Smith and his previous trip to federal prison. More HERE.
UPDATE 3: The young progressives face up to 5 years in prison.
posted by Gateway Pundit at 3/24/2008 03:52:00 PM
53 Comments:
Good.
Street clowns set themselves up as judge and jury. I believe that's a form of vigilantism, with the vigilante making the law up to suit the negative emotion he/she wants to act out.
These people look like fine upstanding role models for the community, citizens with the highest standards.
Naw really, these people look like homeless bums, what a bunch of radical whackos.
Not only did they fail to get any message across, they choose the wrong stage and they are setting a bad example on how to exercise the 'free speach' right, no one is going to be positivily moved by acting like an ass.
They better hope they don't make bail unless those who bail them out are willing to hire bodyguards for them.
You see, Chicago is not a nice city. These idjits just might find themselves the guests of honor at a "blanket party".
Oh christopher, calling them "radical" is giving them too much credit. There are no true "radicals" in the USA. There's a lot of sniveling little pampered attention whores who play "radical" to make themselves feel important, dissident, and edgy. Fact is none of these spoiled little cretins would ever take any real risks that would potentially threaten their lives like say students in Iran who are actually brave and dissident. These little turds know that ultimately they will be treated with kid gloves and suffer no truly threatening consequences for their boring, lame, pedestrian little act.
I'm thinking there are at least two zeros missing in that bond setting...
Back during Vietnam it was aid that the only thing more unpopular than the war was the anti-war movement.
They really are all trying to replay the 1960s, aren't they?
Thank goodness for feral radicals making incomprehensible protests in inappropriate venues at completely unrelated events. It only shames their incoherent anti-war effort and demonstrates that they're not about a cause but about attention-seeking, pure and simple.
The attackers were affiliated with the Illinois Coalition for Peace & Justice. Guess who else is affiliated with the ICPJ? Barack Obama's church.
http://www.ilcpj.org:80/
Here is the headline:
Obama church connected to Easter Sunday attack on Catholic church.
"Smith has served time in a federal prison in Texas for trespassing on a Native American reservation."
Huh? How the heck do you get thrown in a federal prison for trespass? What else was he doing?
1) Saddam murdered 350,000 of his own people, including genocide of 5,000 Kurds by Chemical Ali.
2) He invaded Kuwait, murdered, raped, pillaged the people and then set all the oil wells on fire
3) After defeat in Gulf War One he signed agreements with Britain and America overseen by UN agreements as well.
4) He broke every single agreement over a 12 year period.
5) He refused to allow weapons inspectors full access.
6) He paid for the murder of innocent Israeli citizens by suicide bombers from Palestians. Handed out checks personally up to $25K
7) He allowed known terrorist in his land
8) He had members of his regime meet with Al Qaeda
9) He siphoned off billions in Oil for Food Scam with France Jacque Chirac, Russia, China and many other corrupt businesses and individuals across the world.
10) Attempted assasination attempt on a sitting US President. This alone could account for war.
After 9/11 the best strategic military option was to 1) surround Iran and split Iran and Syria who are cooperative Terrorist State enablers and war Proxy Fighters Financiers for Hezbollah in Lebanon 2) take down Iraq's Saddam as a final blow and force Sunni led Al Qaeda to fight in two regions, stretching their operatives and cells beyond safety of Pakistan, plus rat out radical Mosque in SA, Africa, etc, 3) Rebuild human intel and special ops across these regions and reduce dependency on satellite data, in order to infiltrate, build informant base, make new friends of old enemies, plus kick the Russians out - who Saddam loved so much - Stalin worshipper 4) Iraq is best case scenario for a free society in developing in the region and places all tyrannical leaders in the region on notice what can happen within 3 weeks if we so choose to do so again.
Except next time, anytime, we're ever attacked again, no mercy. Leaders in Iran will be taken down and they can rebuild themselves. Syria, same - Assad - dead. End of story. He has supported terrorist that have murdered innocent Americans around the world. He should be dead today.
For all the whining, wimps that hit this site complaining about Haliburton, etc., please let me know the next time you cough up blood for the 2.5 million Sudanese dead at the hands of Chinese and Russian weapons and money that support a corrupt tyrannical regime.
Bunch of phony hypocrites that slay your own nation during a time of war. Saddam had broken all UN agreements for 12 long years! We are legally at war and UN approved by the way. Even China and Russia have approved us still being there. 1441 gave our nation eveything we needed to go in and was not voted by the UN Security Council as illegal.
Take your bogus complaints to the Tibetans where real people are being murdered by a Communist dictatorship that "illegally" took over Tibet!
Bet you whiners will watch the Olympics all summer and just coooo and wooooo over China.
The same China that murdered 60 million of its own people under Communist Mao.
Right now, in Iraq, our soldiers, civilian contractors are 1) saving lives, 2) killing terrorist, 3) building a new nation of Freedom, Justice and Liberty.
Oh and the Iraqis? They don't want us to leave until the job is done. See Surge of Optimism:
http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=MzQyNTU4Njg2NWE4ODA1ZTM2NDI5MjU3ZGEzNzI4NTE
I'm not a fan of 'hate crime' laws, but these are the kinds of people that support them-- why wouldn't they apply here for targeting a religion?
Those bastards ought to be prosecuted for being physically ugly. Isnt their some sort of ecology rap we can hang them on?--but hey--I am a compassionate conservative. Let them go to Tibet and protest some real injustice--oh wait--the PRC is much less accommodating.
If you ever want a superweapon to use against a left-wing fanatic, or any annoying US-hater, simply send them this funny picture. It will send the leftist into therapy.
Angela is quite the looker, isn't she?
Looks like Ryane Ziemba forgot to tie his shoe laces.
Looks like Ryane Ziemba forgot to tie his shoe laces.
These nutjobs demand an end to the Iraq war, so they can watch an Iraqi genocide. These people are incapable of determining the after effects of their actions - in war and in this church.
Where can I donate money to keep them in jail?
These idiots will either get a severe reprimand from their parents (i.e. the parents will no longer pay their college tuition), or they will have to be in debt for the rest of their youths.
It is well-proven that leftists earn lower incomes than pro-US people. So much for the 'Republicans are dumb' theory.
I go to a Baptist church full of hunters, fishermen, farmers, auto mechanics, construction workers, and the like. They're all good Christians but there'd have been a serious butt-kickin' yesterday had these clowns shown up.
Off topic:
Islamic Republic Attack on McCain
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=48828§ionid=3510303
What a bunch of idiots.
They deserve to sit in jail a long long long time
And as to money being raised? Why not raise money to repair the church, then appeal to the church to drop charges?
Yep...stupid is as stupid does
Where can I donate some money to get these guys some Proactive or Clearasil?
Think about it--those perps SHOULD be prosecuted under "hate crime" laws! What delicious irony!
-- chicopanther
Anon : 2:55 PM
"They're all good Christians but there'd have been a serious butt-kickin' yesterday had these clowns shown up."
Sadly, they too would get charged with assault in such a case. But just reading the sentence you wrote made me feel very good. I'll buy you guys a round of drinks in such an instance.
Seriously, maybe you should organize some of your church comrades into a counter-protest. These left-wing idiots scatter at the first sight of tough pro-US people advancing towards them. Just look at what is happening in Berkeley lately. Vietnam Vets-turned-bikers are gathering to disperse the Code Pinko girlie-men regularly.
It is quite analogous to the Petraeus troop-surge counterinsurgency strategy.
Anonymous at 2:09
"Smith has served time in a federal prison in Texas for trespassing on a Native American reservation."
Huh? How the heck do you get thrown in a federal prison for trespass?
I was wondering just the same thing. Federal prison is somewhat understandable because everything having to do with national parks and Indian reservations is federal, but getting actually thrown into prison for trespass? Drug-dealing or bootlegging comes to mind.
I'm sorry, what part of this was an anti-war protest? They attack private citizens worshipping with their congregation on a holy day but that's not senseless violence. No, because these thugs happen to oppose the war, this is an anti-war protest?
Excuse me while I go steal an ice cream sundae because I oppose over-priced beach front real estate...
Ryane Ziembe sure does have purty teeth. Maybe he'll get to experience some street theater while in jail with some of the burlier and sweatier performers in their latest rendition of "Deliverance."
Honestly, they look like they're coming down off a drug high while getting their mug shots taken. Guess it turned out not to be as much fun as they thought it would be.
They are such small children, small and feeble in body and mind, and emotionally undeveloped - as raw as an oyster - but they think they are adults.
Some real adult Lefty puppetmaster is cackling gleefully at the robotized, rebellious "action," an interruption that was as predictable in myopic rhetoric as it was infantile in self-centered behavior.
Hopefully they will learn the consequences of their malicious acts -- a thing that by the gentle washing of their oyster-pure child brains, they are inert -- and from which they have been well-shielded.
Apparently they all shop at the same eyewear store.
The felony in this case was felony property damage.
What damage did they do that was felony-level? Is that fake blood something that can't be washed out or something? Did the pews sustain permanent damage?
I'm not sure that a felony is an appropriate level of punishment. They were jackasses, not rapists.
i love two people in that group one is my sister and her boyfriend
"federal prison time for tresspassing":
Remember that Indian Reservations are treaty territories: technically speaking, they're seperate nations and a LOT of interactions with them are handled under Federal laws and by Federal agencies (specifically the FBI and the BIA). Showing up on one uninvited, making a jerk of yourself while you're there, or refusing to leave when you've been asked to, may mean that you're going to be charged under Federal law- not for what you were doing, but for where you were doing it. Especially if you've been enough of an annoyance that the Tribal officials decide to make an example of you.
David P.
Agreed - Indian reservations and national parks are subject to federal court. (I once got a parking ticket in Grand Teton National Park that directed me to federal court in Jackson if I wanted to appeal.)
No matter how much you pissed off tribal authorities, it still seems that you have to do quite a bit to end up doing time, as opposed to a big fine.
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Reid @ 2:05 PM..
re: Illinois Coalition for Peace & Justice
ICPJ: Member Organizations
quite a revealing list, thanks..
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The original thread is now hopeless, so I'm moving here...
I guess what I'm asking is how do you tell the difference between "Oh, harmless ninnies" and "Shit, we're under attack" during the brief window of time when it actually matters?
Thus how can you blame someone for thinking "Gee, I'm not sure I could tell -- and so I'll take the safe choice, which is to clobber the guy."
(The analysis plays out roughly like this:
- I think it's ninnies and it's really ninnies: no big deal
- I think it's terrorists and it's really ninnies: no big deal
- I think it's ninnies and it's really terrorists: I die
- I think it's terrorists and it's really terrorists: I save my life
Thus the rational strategy is to think "terrorists," even if I turn out to be wrong.)
So I guess I am calling on all Americans to adopt a zero-tolerance policy for this sort of "protest." If some fool does this in your church, assume he's a terrorist. Reciprocate: if you're a cop or if you're on a jury, go easy on other people who have assumed the same.
Gopher
Oh, I assume the "protestors" have some sort of support network and/or media relations helpers. I assume they are here today, reading this blog and perhaps commenting on it. Hi!
Gopher
Note that commie trash are cowards who only try this sort of thing in gun-free zones like Chicago. If they tried it somewhere where the populace is armed, they wouldn't have to worry about making bail.
The joke of it is, that I'm sure a chunk of the congregation may well have been anti war too.
They harass an entire community because one of them caught Bush Cooties? Stupid.
Anonymous said...
"i love two people in that group one is my sister and her boyfriend"
4:17 PM
Sometimes it takes tough love.
You can love them and still tell them their behavior was juvenile, disturbing and against the law.
You can't use what you assume as your rights to trample on the rights of others and I hope the large bonds sent that message loud and clear.
It was an ugly display at an inappropriate time and venue.
Notice how all but one have a stupid name? This just goes to show that when you meet someone with a "special" name, their drug-addled hippy mothers raised them to think they are above it all.
So next time you meet someone with a stupid name, slap them pre-emptively!
Charge them with terroristic acts. Let the Feds come in to play. Don't leave this to the ultraliberal Chicago courts. Please.
This little bit of theater hasn't gotten much publicity in the MSM, most likely because it makes the "anti war" (no, they're on the other side) protesters look bad.
I wonder what would have happened if following the recent murderous attack on the Merkaz HaRav yeshiva in Jerusalem, a group of anti-jihadis went to a mosque in Dearborn and started spraying fake blood and real lard.
Somehow I don't think the MSM's response would have been the same.
Not sure why the Indian Reservation assumption is continuing here. If you follow the link in Update 2 regard Smith's prior conviction, he trespassed on Ft. Benning a military reservation, not Indian.
He apparently took part in an annual protest of the Western Hemisphere Institute of Security Cooperation (formerly the School of the Americas or SOA), entered the facility through a portion of the fence that the protesters took down, and was arrested.
Military reservation = Federal offense.
Ironically, the annual protest commemorates 6 Jesuits who were killed by SOA graduates in El Salvador in the last millennium.
Umm, when are folks going to realize that if you are not good looking (or at least in this case, not butt ugly.) nobody is going to listen to you.
These fools can be prosecuted by the feds under the FACE act. The penalty for that is 10 years/$100k fine. Would be rather humorous if they were, the FACE act was put into law to protect abortion clinics.
i love two people in that group one is my sister and her boyfriend
Sorry but my sympathy level for both you and them is non existent. The hallmark of being an adult is taking responsibility for your own actions. In this case your sister and her friends are going to have to take responsibility for the fact that they just ruined the rest of their lives.
They will probably be charged with the maximum penalty under the law. Chicago isn't Berzerkley and Chicago does not tolerate this kind of crap. Despite the fact that Chicago is run by one of the most powerful Democratic machines does not mean they will look the other way and give them a little slap on the wrist. My guess is they will get the maximum despite all the legal shinola their ACLU lawyers will try to pull.
I would also guess that they will be in solitary within 3 months of being convicted-for their own protection. You see, there are alot of inmates who will take a dim view of these tards, just like most of them take a dim view to child abusers.
And once they get out their lives will be essentially ruined. They will be automatically locked out of about 80% of the jobs due to their records, and those jobs they might be eligible for are ones that they won't do because they might "chip a nail". It also means they can not vote, then can not own a weapon, can not run for elected office and they will probably be monitored by various law enforcement entities for the rest of their lives. As convicted felons they will probably be barred from entering most countries so they can cross off their ideas of leaving the US, too.
I hope their parents have lots of money, because they will more then likely be supporting these tards for the rest of their lives.
Its unfortunate when opposition resorts to name calling and attacking an action based on the physical attractiveness of the activists who engaged in it.
Iraq for the Iraqis!
Afghanistan for the Afghanis!
Free the Holy Name 6!
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Anonymous @ 8:55 AM..
[Iraq for the Iraqis!
Afghanistan for the Afghanis!
Free the Holy Name 6!]
using your logic, that translates to:
"America for Americans!"
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all you can think to say is that you don't like their teeth and eyeglasses?
Typically i would post a monologue about how these people are nutjobs who are going about the wrong way to be heard but this is really different at least from my previous experiences. I just met one of the Holy name 6 (whos name i cannot reveal) and to me not only did he seem like someone whos got his head on his shoulders but he was one of the most intelligent people ive ever come across. I personally know that the media has blown this situation totally out of proportion. It may be wrong that these people disrupted your services on your most holy day or worship but is it wrong that us soldiers disrupt (violently unlike this protest) holy days or worship and destroy mosques?
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Raphi @ 3:14 PM..
you equate actions with intelligence??
if so, then this person really has not got their "head together".. the last thing they would have done is what they did.. just my opinion via experience..
re: US soldier & mosques..
get a grip.. that is not only an
irrelevant apple vs oranges "excuse", but a lie..
you're a kool-aid drinker.. no wonder you thought of this person as an "enlightener".. go do some research.. i suggest looking up the meaning of "taqqiyah" to start you on your journey..
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One of my buddy's recently got into some trouble at a bar and the short story is he was arrested on assault charges which are ridiculous we were there and watched as a random guy came up to him punched him in the face and began repeatedly beating him. He stood up to defend himself and in the crossfire the wasted dude fell and banged his head on the kerb. The cops show up and don't want to hear us and arrest him.
It all got cleared up in the end but had that have gone to court and my friend had to have paid court bonds could he have claimed them back or even sued the police force for wrongful arrest? Also where would be the best place for getting bonded?
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