Controversial pastor Terry Jones arrested before carrying out Quran book-burning in Mulberry

[Fuddnik]

Source: WTSP-Tampa

Mulberry, Florida -- 10 News has learned that controversial Gainesville pastor Terry Jones was taken into custody before he carried out his plan to burn nearly 3,000 copies of the Islam holy book the Quran in Polk County on Wednesday afternoon.

Jones planned to burn the books at the county-owned Loyce E. Harpe Park in Mulberry, but was denied a permit, with officials saying he filed his request too late and that he does not have permission for an event of that magnitude.

But shortly before he planned to set the Qurans on fire, Jones was stopped at a nearby McDonald's. His truck was towing a large barbecue smoker, which reportedly had copies of the Quran inside, doused in kerosene.

Polk deputies took Jones into custody and was arrested. The Lakeland Ledger reports Jones and an associate are facing traffic-related offenses for driving with kerosene in the grill.

Read more: http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/article/334764/250/Quran-burning-pastor-Terry-Jones-arrested

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Asshole got arrested for transporting kerosene in an unapproved container.

They should charge him with aggravated ignorance too.

[rdharma]

1. Why is everybody always picking on me?

[azurnoir]

2. Good and may I add

what a desecration of a BBQ smoker

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

3. Qurans in a pig cooker,

now that's priceless.

[chuckstevens]

4. Excellent! But There is One Good Thing About Him

His bizarre Kaiser Wilhelm appearance! The mustache is priceless. If only we could get him to put on the WW I Germany spiked helmet! Koo Koo!

[KamaAina]

9. Or get someone to 'Shop it on

[Cooley Hurd]

15. Hey now... Kaiser Willy had a pretty awesome 'stache!

See how the ends are turned up like arms reaching for the sky.

Jones, however, has a Hulk Hogan moustache:

[Quasimodem]

23. Back when the world was young and guys only got body piercings by accident...

... we called that a pornstache.

[jberryhill]

30. Not Wilhelm, Emperor Franz Josef

[silvershadow]

5. You know you're completely wrong when even Florida law enforcement has to arrest you for

being a bigot.

[Fuddnik]

6. Especially in Polk County.

Fundamaniac Central.

[silvershadow]

12. Yep. nt

[lovelyrita]

22. Hey now, some of us live in Polk County.

It is pretty bad but hopefully getting better.

[mehrrh]

7. Terry

Someone, please have this man detained and examined.

[struggle4progress]

8. "I'm going to do a big open burn without a permit!" ... "Um, no, you're not"

[NealK]

20. Maybe he should invoke the Stand your Ground law. Why not? It worked for a murderer.

[Major Nikon]

10. Fascist book burning assholes got their just rewards for once

[DeSwiss]

11. K&R

Jesus and Mo

[AlbertCat]

29. Bingo!

If this Christian fundie nut didn't have Muslim fundie nuts to piss off, he could burn all the Korans he wants. Who'd care?

(and vice versa with Bibles)

[jmowreader]

13. Charge the SOB with "unlicensed trailer" too

[47of74]

14. God, Jones is such a douche

That's the nicest thing I can say about him too.

[onehandle]

16. Just another domestic terrorist. Not unlike NRAGOPhadists. nt

[eShirl]

17. Driving around town towing a load of kerosene-soaked books.

Just like Jesus would've done.

[Gore1FL]

19. Jesus would have soaked them in water and turn it into kerosene when he arrived. n/t

[AAO]

18. Oh, snap!

[NealK]

21. Terry Jones?

Too bad this is not a Monty Python joke.

[Scurrilous]

24. K & R

[marble falls]

25. I hope he gets a real jail sentence in a county lock-up. How is this not a hate crime.

[askeptic]

34. Who would have been hurt?

Far as I know you still have the right to free expression in this country -- even if it pisses other people off or calls their traditions stupid!

Hurting people's "feelings" is not a hate crime.

I am shocked that you are not aware of the first amendment. The error he committed was not having a burn permit -- burning Korans is not a crime -- nor is burning bibles or any other "holy" book. Sheesh!

[marble falls]

35. Its a crime when its meant to incite hatred or violence. Do you think he meant no disrespect.

[askeptic]

37. I call bullshit - cite the law

Of course he meant disrespect! That's what the 1st Amendment is all about -- The right to disrespect other viewpoints. That's why all they could do to him is create problems with burn permits and transport methods -- they can't possibly charge him with a hate crime and they know it. And if he finds some private property outside in a county that allows open burning, well there go a bunch of books that he bought and paid for just to burn. They are his property to do with as he pleases.

Are you saying the KKK marches are not meant to incite hatred and possibly violence? What about the Nazi marchers.

Heck, it wasn't that long ago that a gay pride parade caused hatred and violence because it disrespected traditional values!

[warrant46]

39. These clowns want to make every protest a hate crime

A lot of vets I know would love to shoot and kill flag burners.

Thus inciting bad memories of their buddies being murdered by Isalmic nut jobs.

If the Supremes said you could burn a flag----- this guy can sure as hell burn some trashy hateful books

[theHandpuppet]

26. All he needed was some liquid nitrogen and a hammer

But I think he likes playing with hellfire.

[sigmasix]

27. I heard he was gonna BBQ for the million moron motorcade

I heard Jones was planning on grillin 200 hot dogs to feed the million moron motorcade in the capital, but got lost on his way to DC.

[niyad]

28. so where did he get 3,000 copies of the quran? did he buy them, or steal them? if he bought

them, that means that somebody made a whole lot of money off this bigoted jerk. if he stole them, may he rot in jail.

[Deep13]

31. Still don't see what the big deal is.

I don't mean the traffic violation.

Both public protests and religious expression are protected speech.

[Jack Rabbit]

32. Terry Jones on ancient Iranians tearing down the pillars of Western civilization

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[freshwest]

33. Why not just charges these loonies with disturbing the peace and have done with it? That's what

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he's doing, constantly trying to incite violence and hatred. He's a dog spoiling for a fight.

If what he has to sell was any good, he would not be reduced to denigrating the ideas of others in comparison. The verse describing how those who do believe, should be able to defend their faith in a free and open marketplace, was not on his reading list. He wants that shut down, he's afraid.


You can't stop an idea whose time has come. I'm not claiming that Islam is that idea. But this is the most ignorant and hateful way of shutting them down. And it sure isn't going to bring them to believe in Christianity!

Christian or other faiths or other philosophies with the values of forgiveness, acceptance and love for all people and living things, cannot be beat. Focus on that, and not the competition.

I'd call this hater a moron, but that would insult them. And I mean no offense to dogs, either. This is really is endemic to human being, or human doings.

[Deep13]

38. 1st Amendment. nt

[Plucketeer]

36. The extremes some fruitcakes will go to.....

to get a bit of attention. I'll bet his folks all but abandoned him.