Aspiring politician handcuffed after giving Gospel message
Jason Werner, a 28-year-old aspiring politician who has tried to unseat U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich twice, was arrested and handcuffed for preaching the Gospel on the busy streets of Cleveland.
Werner was handcuffed Saturday by two police officers after the manager of the Blue Point Grille, a downtown restaurant, reported to police that customers had been complaining, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Werner gave his account on a personal website he previously used for his congressional campaign.
“The general manager of Blue Point told me and my friend, Doug Long, that the guests in his restaurant were complaining that they could hear us ‘yelling and screaming through the windows,’ and the police were on their way,” he wrote.
Werner told the Plain Dealer his message was: “Any coward who supports abortion has the blood of babies on their hands. Live for Jesus Christ, and you’re guaranteed to go straight to heaven. Live for yourself, and you’ll go straight to hell.”
He explained that he approached the general manager of the restaurant to question him about the complaint, noting it would be nearly impossible for his customers to hear the men from inside the restaurant, which had double pane windows.
Regardless, two police officers showed up within minutes.
The officers told the men to move to the other side of the street. Werner suggested if he did that there then would be grounds for a complaint, since a restaurant there had patrons eating outdoors.
Then an officer grabbed Werner, who responded by telling him he was going to take a picture of him on his phone. At that point, the other officer grabbed his hand, causing his phone to be knocked away. He then was arrested.
The officers explained, “You are preaching and you did not listen to an officer when you were told to leave,” according to Werner.
“What kind of country arrests someone for preaching Jesus Christ?” Werner later asked on his website.
Werner said he and his friends have been preaching in downtown Cleveland since 2000 and never before have had altercations with police. In many cases, he said, police officers have thanked him for his efforts and were receptive to his preaching..
source: http://worldnetdaily.com
