The Chicago-based Thomas More Society is going to the legal rescue of a Milwaukee pro-life prayer warrior who was wrongfully arrested.
The case involves the arrest of James Marcou, a veteran sidewalk counselor who was trying to videotape an Affiliated Women's Health Center worker escorting an abortion prospect into the facility. Tom Brechja of the Thomas More Center tells OneNewsNow Marcou tried to step around one escort who was blocking his view, but he was also encountered by another worker.
Tom Brechja (Thomas More Society)"This fellow, when James was alongside him, with his entire body just crashed into him and knocked him against the brick building. James put up his hand to ward him off [and] protect the camera, and an onlooker, one of the other clinic escorts, came screaming up and told him he had to learn a lesson to stay out of people's faces," Brechja reports. "She, at the time, was so close to his face screaming that she spat in his face."
Police were called and officers interviewed clinic workers inside before arresting Marcou, without asking for his version of the incident and without talking to pro-life counselors who were witnesses, one of whom is a partner at a major law firm. So Brechja plans to defend Marcou and fight the case all the way. But he is also considering filing complaints about the manner in which the case has been handled.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
Publish Date: January 5, 2011
