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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: sheila727   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Another Day Another Shooting...
Date: 04/12/23 10:31 PM
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Case 1. A man is at a protest with his son. A counter protestor hassles the son, causing the man to shove the protestor away. Case 1 is a man named Mark Houck, who was protesting at an abortion clinic. The local police investigated and found nothing. The local prosecutor declined to press any charges. But the DOJ sent the FBI to arrest him at his home and prosecuted him, recommending a sentence of 11 years.

Fortunately the jury called BS on the charges and acquitted Mr. Houck.
wfmz.com - Southeastern pa...

Facts.

So I'm suuuuuuure all the things are counted fairly and accurately.

Not quite.
If you want facts, I'd suggest you take a glance at:
rollingstone.com - Anti abortion activist mark houck not guilty planned parenthood volunteer

Houk didn't simply shove away a counter-protestor who had hassled his son. He twice assaulted an elderly volunteer who escorts patients into the abortion clinic.

=The Department of Justice charged Houk with two counts of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. The DOJ accused Houck of twice assaulting the volunteer at the Planned Parenthood Elizabeth Blackwell Health Center.

According to the DOJ indictment obtained by The Daily Beast, the then-47-year-old Houck 'forcefully shoved B.L. to the ground' and then, in a second altercation the same day, 'verbally confronted B.L. and forcefully shoved B.L. to the ground.' Houck did this 'because B.L. was a volunteer escort at the reproductive health care clinic,' the indictment said. The second assault caused 'injuries to B.L. that required medical attention.'

In addition:
=The alleged assault was denounced by MAGA media, and was framed by Houck and his supporters as an exhibit of conservative persecution.

No coment on Case 2. I can't find any mention of it in an objective source.

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