CALIFORNIA, United States (NoticiaCristiana.com) A pastor of a church in Southern California and two of its members have filed a federal lawsuit because his civil rights were violated by an officer of the California Highway Patrol, which now are accusing .
Mark Mackey, a member of the Calvary Chapel Hemet Church was reading the Bible in public, outside an office of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV, for its acronym in English) when he was arrested. Pastor Brett
and Eduardo Coronado Flores Jr., another member of the church, were also arrested later by a second police officer who arrived later, claiming "illegally" the reason for the arrest of Mackey.
Jennifer Monk, General Counsel, the lawyers associated with Murietta, based on faith and freedom, filed April 25 in U.S. District Court against the police who forbade the preachers of the gospel, to exercise their freedom of speech and unlawfully detaining them.
entire incident was videotaped, and 21 April was posted on YouTube, where it has been viewed over 84,000 times. The video shows Mark Mackey, standing in the parking lot, reading Romans 1, a few meters from the sidewalks surrounding the entrance to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
The audio also includes idle chatter of those waiting in line. According to the 13-page complaint, the trio of Evangelicals began sharing the gospel at 8:10 am about an hour before the opening of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
Mackey, read the Bible for a moment, when he was approached by a security guard, who said, "You have to go elsewhere." Mackey said he would continue reading. The security guard walked away.
then the security guard spoke to the police officer and briefly told Mackey: "You're under arrest." You can hear the laughter of the clients of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
When Mackey asked him why he was arrested, Damen Meyer, director of the local replied, "You have been asked to leave. You did not. You are not allowed to preach here because it is a captive audience, "said Meyer.
Later the three were cited for having "kept up a business" under California Penal Code Section 602.1.
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when Mark Mackey, a member of an evangelical church, is arrested by a police officer, I was reading the Bible in public:
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