UK police pay $16K to woman arrested for silent prayer
- Isabel Vaughan-Spruce received £13,000 from West Midlands Police after claiming violations of her human rights, wrongful arrest, and assault during an intrusive search.
- She was arrested in November 2022 for silently praying in a "buffer zone" around an abortion clinic, restricted by a Public Spaces Protection Order.
- Vaughan-Spruce stated, “Silent prayer is not a crime,” emphasizing that her thoughts should not lead to arrest.
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Woman Wrongfully Charged for Silently Praying Receives Compensation - American Faith
Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, a woman arrested twice for praying outside of an abortion clinic, is to receive £13,000 British pounds from the police, or nearly $17,000 U.S. dollars. Vaughan-Spruce filed a claim against the West Midlands Police for “two wrongful arrests and false imprisonments; assault and battery in relation to an intrusive search of her person; and for a breach of her human rights both in respect to the arrests, and to the onerous bai…
Police pay pro-life activist nearly $17K over wrongful arrest for silent prayer
A pro-life activist arrested for silently praying outside an abortion clinic has been awarded a financial settlement from police. Yet concerns remain about the rights of abortion opponents who want to silently protest the killing of pre-born babies in the United Kingdom. #Abortion #UnitedKingdom #ADFUK #Freespeech #IsabelVaughanSpruce
'No place for Orwell's thought police': Cops pay big price for wrongfully charging woman in silent prayer * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
A police department in the United Kingdom is paying a woman 13,000 British pounds, about $17,000, after catching her in silent prayer and then arresting her.
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