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Trespassing arrests in Florida
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - Five adults and three children were arrested for trespassing early Friday afternoon for attempting to cross a police barricade to take cups of water to Terri Schiavo.
The Rev. Bill Dunsee, 40, of Warsaw, Ohio, quoted scripture to explain why he was willing to go to jail.
“Jesus said, ‘I was thirsty and you gave me water,’” he said.
Dunsee calls court orders withholding food and water from the brain-damaged woman “the Roe v. Wade of euthanasia.”
10-year-old Joshua Heldreth, of Charlotte, N.C., said he was willing to be arrested because, “I don’t want her to die. I care about her.”
Asked whether he was scared of being arrested, he said, “No, God is with me.” “He doesn’t understand why anyone would deny anybody water,” said his dad, Scott, who planned to sign for his son’s release.
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