Tag Archives: ZZ: Barnes v. City of Elmira

OneNewsNow: “Elmira Police arrested and jailed Julian Raven in relation to another arrest in 2007 when he and other Christians entered a public park to pray for the participants of a ‘gay pride’ event . . . ‘We have a peaceful speaker being arrested, and our Constitution protects people like Julian and their ability to engage in that kind of speech’ [Joel Oster said].” | ADF News Release

The Church Report: “A man who had been arrested after praying in 2007 at a public park was suddenly arrested again last week by Elmira police while his case is still on appeal . . . ‘Christians shouldn’t be punished for expressing their religious beliefs. It’s ridiculous to consider the act of peacefully exercising one’s faith in a public park to be ‘disorderly conduct’ worthy of a jail sentence,’ said ADF Senior Legal Counsel [Joel Oster]. ‘We are surprised at how eager the city was to arrest Mr. Raven again in light of his appeal. Now he will serve time in jail; however, we will continue to aggressively pursue his appeal in court.’”

A man who had been arrested after praying in 2007 at a public park was suddenly arrested again last week by Elmira police while his case is still on appeal.