Pastor arrested again while protesting ‘Demon' mascot

Pastor Donald Crosby isn’t giving up.

He was arrested for the second time this week while picketing outside Warner Robins High School because he objects to he school's mascot – the Demons.

The Macon Telegraph reported Crosby, pastor of God's Kingdom Builders Church of Jesus Christ in Macon, was arrested Thursday on the misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct for "excessive noise."

Though he had a permit to picket this time, Warner Robins police spokeswoman Tabitha Pugh said Crosby violated the city noise ordinance by using a bullhorn to shout across the street to the principal and about 50 students standing outside the school.

The ordinance prohibits using a bullhorn in any public place in Warner Robins.

Crosby is free on a $150 bond.

The first time Crosby was arrested was on Monday. He was charged with  disorderly conduct and picketing outside the school without a permit. He was released from jail on a $650 bond.

Crosby, new to the Warner Robins area, has been protesting for several months the mascot for the school his son attends. Crosby has said he was shocked when he realized his own son could be among the hundreds of students shouting "Go Demons!" in cheering on the school's historically successful football team.

“It's the equivalent of us gathering into a church on Sunday morning and shouting ‘Go Jesus' or ‘Hallelujah Jesus,'" Crosby told a Macon reporter when he started his campaign against the green-eyed, pitchfork-carrying mascot.

Crosby has tried, and failed, to have his son transferred from the oldest school in Houston County.

“This is absolute foolishness. My constitutional rights are being stripped from me just because I am the unpopular vote,” Crosby told the Macon Telegraph

At least 30 people were picketing with Crosby on Thursday, and they continued their protest even after he was arrested.

Their permit allows them to picket from 7 to 10 a.m. through Monday. They are limited to the sidewalk between the flag pole in front of McConnell-Talbert Stadium to the first gate of the overhead walkway.

The arresting officer's report said Crosby and his group were outside the designated area.

Crosby claims he offered to move but the policeman said it's “too late,” and arrested him.

Crosby told the newspaper he shouted at the principal only because he wanted him to “please stop ignoring us.”

Principal Steve Monday told the Macon newspaper Crosby's shouted message was, “As the principal of Warner Robins High School, you need to repent, Mr. Monday.”