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Christian legal group wins right to display this image Friday before Tiller murder
The American Center for Law and Justice released a statement Friday celebrating their victory for the anti-abortion “truth truck” that had among its various messages a large picture of Kansas health care provider George Tiller with the message “Tiller the Killer gets no peace”. In a tragic coincidence of history two days later Tiller was murdered in his place of worship.
The ACLJ, a group that defends the religious liberties of only right wing Christians, has been working in U.S. District Court in Michigan on behalf of anti-abortion extremist Ronald Brock to protect what they consider his First Amendment rights.
Brock travels throughout the country in what he calls a “truth truck,” a vehicle on which he displays large signs and photographs to express various messages. One particular message, which included images of victims of the Nazi Holocaust, attracted the attention of Michigan law enforcement officers in March 2008. Brock was threatened with prosecution under Michigan law if he did not remove the photographs. The statute in question, M.C.L. 750.38, makes it a misdemeanor for any person to display on private or public property, any sign, picture, or other representation of murder, assassination, fighting, personal violence, or the commission of a crime.
The ACLJ, on behalf of Brock, entered into a consent agreement with Michigan Attorney General Michael Cox. The agreement was approved by U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Maloney. Michigan law enforcement will no longer enforce the statute in question with those engaged in non-commercial “First Amendment Expressive Activities.”
“Attorney General Cox rightly recognized that interpreting M.C.L. 750.38 to prohibit the Truth Truck’s displays was clearly in violation of Ron Brock’s constitutional rights. By this standard, a person could be arrested for publicly displaying a painting of Jesus Christ being flogged, the famous photograph of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald, or even the front page of a local newspaper that includes an image of a bank robbery.” said ACLJ Senior Counsel Ed White. “Today’s agreement is a victory for free speech.”
Brock is planning to return to Michigan in the coming weeks and is thankful that his “truth truck” can travel unimpeded by law enforcement.
“Truth isn’t always pretty. That’s the lesson of the images on the truth truck,” says Brock. “Averting our eyes or banning these images won’t change the reality of what happened in the Holocaust or what is still happening every day in abortion clinics across America.”
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