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Homeless man jailed ate cookies worth $2.25 (Church Claims KILL MOTHER
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A church in Los Angeles has pressed charges against a homeless man who was caught stealing around $2.25 worth of cookies from the First Baptist Church of Royal Palm Beach. According to a report in the Palm Beach Post, the homeless man had been looking for assistance from the church when he entered the building and found the unguarded cookie jar. After beginning to tuck into the church's cookies, the man was greeted by the church's cleaner. On finding the homeless man, the startled cleaner called the police. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HERE IS GETS WEIRDER! The church was angry and rightly so , those cookies were there to lure small unsuspecting children inside so they could mingle with the clergy and learn gods ways, not some hungry, homeless bum, he was lucky, people have been murdered, burned alive, hung and worse by these "servants of god" for much smaller infractions than cookies, want some cookies and candy kids? religion has killed more people than smallpox, but god is "a loving god". maybe they gave him the cookies and then called cops when he would not let them sodomize him.
TESTIMONY from KNOWLEDGEABLE SOURCE I know this person, and he was instructed by the officer to go to nearest church for help, he wasn't high or drunk just a lost soul, in fact what never came out was the cop that arrested him at the scene was the same officer that told him to go to nearest church for help and when Sean looked over at the officer for help, the officer threw him under the bus, how shocking
Gordon Klock • Kinda surprised that they would be so blatant in their hypocrisy, I wish a number of people would publicly rub this church's nose in it, this is one example as to why I consider all religious institutions to be 'satanic' & a waste of time... ( not to mention that actual Satanists are more honest than this..)
Ray • Actually, I attend this church, and the reason for pressing charges was not due to petty theft, is was due to him being under the influence and trespassing. The officers told the church that if the church presses charges, that the homeless man would be able to actually get help, instead of going back on to streets. So in order to help him get help for his drug addition, the church pressed charges solely for that reason. The man, however, got out of jail a few days later, and he went to his house and got into an argument with his mother and stabbed her. This is the full story. He is being prayed for. THIS STORY IS BEYOND WEIRD, IT IS IDIOTIC!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After discussions between police and church members, it was decided that the church would press charges. The homeless man was then arrested and taken into police custody. The story led to some websites criticising the church's decision to get the man arrested, saying that it went against the Christian values of charity. Nevertheless, a representative from the church has responded to the criticism by saying that the church's decision to press charges had the homeless man's interests at heart. The representative wrote: "The young man appeared to be under the influence. Since he was wandering around the neighbourhood, the officer suggested the best course may be to press charges for the incident which would enter the young man into the system where he could find help. "The church staff member agreed. Although our church partners with PBSO to provide hundreds of meals for needy families, this time we agreed with the officer's suggestion that the young man needed more help than just a free meal. We have contacts with rehabilitation programs. We do refer individuals to such programs and in retrospect we might have done so with this individual."
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