from WND:
Released hours later after charges without wallet, cellphone 60 miles away
On the heels of a massive FBI raid to arrest a pro-life sidewalk counselor in Pennsylvania, the Biden Justice Department has arrested 11 activists for their part in a peaceful “rescue” protest in which they blocked access to an abortion clinic in Tennessee.
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The dramatic arrest Wednesday of one of activists, Paul Vaughn, was captured by his wife, who can be heard pleading with four heavily armed agents for an explanation. She wanted to know why they had come to their home with guns drawn in the early morning hours, banged on the door and put her husband in handcuffs in front of their children.
The 11 activists were released after the 2021 incident on minor trespassing charges for blocking access to an abortion clinic by sitting down in the hallway leading to the entrance, singing hymns, reading the Bible and praying.
However, the Justice Department has charged them with violations of the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act – or FACE Act – stemming from their 2021 “rescue” at an abortion clinic in Mount Joliet, Tennessee. The federal law is punishable by more than 10 years in prison and fines of $250,000.
Townhall reported that after his arrest at home Wednesday, Vaughn was held in a federal holding facility, brought before a judge, charged, and then released without a wallet or a cell phone 60 miles from his home.
“For over six hours, no one knew where I was and why I was kidnapped from my home at gunpoint. It took a good attorney six hours to be able to break through the bureaucracy and find the people who know what was going on,” Vaughn told Townhall.
Vaughn in president of a pro-life group called Personhood Tennessee.
He said he was getting his children ready for school, and with no warrant, no advance warning or opportunity to turn himself in, he was arrested and charged without legal counsel present.
