Police in Mississippi watched idly this week as a business owner stole pro-life signs that were displayed on the public sidewalk during an awareness outreach, according to video footage from a Christian ministry.
The Ohio-based group Created Equal, which travels the country to educate citizens on the reality of abortion, visited Jackson, Mississippi this week and set up a display outside of the state’s last remaining abortion facility, Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The display was part of the group’s Justice Ride tour, which is being conducted nationwide this summer.
Created Equal set up signs both outside of the abortion facility and across the street, placing them on the public sidewalk and toward the view of traffic. However, soon after, Mike Peters, the owner of Fondren Corner, began confiscating the signs and moving them one by one to his basement.
“He’s stealing our signs,” one of the members of Created Equal tells a nearby officer.
“I see that,” he answers. “I’m doing something [else] right now.”
“Are you going to allow someone to just walk away with our property?” another member asks a female officer minutes later.
“I’m watching it,” she replies.
One video clip shows Peters confiscating a sign directly in front of a police officer, but without objection.
As police continue to quietly observe while Peters persists to remove numerous signs from the public sidewalk, one of the men with Created Equal says to the officers, “I don’t know [why] you can’t just stop somebody from stealing. What’s up with that?”
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