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| FBI Denies Sending SWAT Team to Arrest Catholic Pro-Life Activist Mark Houck | |
| 2022-09-27 | |
| [Breitbart] The FBI has denied sending a swat team of 25-30 agents to arrest Catholic pro-life activist Mark Houck for allegedly shoving an escort outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic last year. Outrage ensued among conservatives throughout the weekend when it was reported that the FBI subjected Houck’s children to a fully armored SWAT raid last week under the order of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Mark Houck, the founder and president of The King’s Men — a group that helps men overcome pornography addiction — was arrested at his rural Pennsylvania home on Friday for allegedly violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act during his regular sidewalk counseling outside of an abortion clinic in 2021. Speaking with LifeSiteNews, Houck’s wife, Ryan-Marie, said that around 25 to 30 fully armored FBI agents stormed their property early Friday morning, aiming their rifles as the children screamed in horror. “They started pounding on the door and yelling for us to open it,” Ryan-Marie said of the raid. Prior to opening the door, Mark allegedly tried to reason with the agents to calm them down for the sake of his children. “Please, I’m going to open the door, but, please, my children are in the home. I have seven babies in the house,” Houck allegedly told the agents. The FBI agents allegedly “just kept pounding and screaming,” according to Ryan-Marie. “They had big, huge rifles pointed at Mark and pointed at me and kind of pointed throughout the house,” Ryan-Marie said of the moment that her husband opened the door for the agents. “Our staircase is open, so [the kids] were all at the top of the stairs which faces the front door, and I was on the stairs as well, coming down,” she said. “The kids were all just screaming. It was all just very scary and traumatic.” In a statement to Fox News on Sunday, a spokesperson with the FBI Philadelphia field office denied that a SWAT Team had been used to apprehend Mark Houck. “There are inaccurate claims being made regarding the arrest of Mark Houck. No SWAT Team or SWAT operators were involved. FBI agents knocked on Mr. Houck’s front door, identified themselves as FBI agents and asked him to exit the residence. He did so and was taken into custody without incident pursuant to an indictment,” the FBI said. The FBI did not deny that up to 25-30 armored agents were on the scene or that Houck’s children witnessed the agents pointing rifles at their father and mother to arrest him for allegedly shoving someone in front of an abortion clinic. Houck’s wife told Catholic News Agency that a “SWAT team of about 25 came to my house with about 15 vehicles and started pounding on our door” and that they had “about five guns pointed at my husband, myself and basically at my kids.” According to Ryan-Marie, the charges were from an incident in which he shoved a pro-abortion activist who had been harassing his 12-year-old son in front of an abortion clinic during one of his sidewalk counseling sessions. The charges were reportedly “thrown out of the District Court in Philadelphia” earlier this year only to later be picked up by Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice. Local reports conveyed a different story, charging that Houck shoved the man, a 72-year-old, on two occasions, the second of which required “medical attention.” WHTM reported: In the first incident, the man was attempting to escort two patients exiting the clinic when Houck forcefully shoved him to the ground. In the second incident, Houck allegedly confronted the man and shoved him to the ground in front of the Planned Parenthood center, causing injuries that required medical attention. The report did not mention Ryan-Marie’s claim that the case had been thrown out of District Court prior to the Department of Justice picking up the charges. The FACE Act makes it a federal crime to intimidate, injure, or interfere with anyone attempting to provide abortion access. U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero said: Assault is always a serious offense, and under the FACE Act, if the victim is targeted because of their association with a reproductive healthcare clinic, it is a federal crime. Our Office and the Department of Justice are committed to prosecuting crimes which threaten the safety and rights of all individuals. “Put simply, violence is never the answer,” said Jacqueline Maguire, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia Division. “Violating the FACE Act by committing a physical assault is a serious crime for which the FBI will work to hold offenders accountable.” Houck could face up to 11 years in prison and fines up to $350,000 if found guilty.
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #11 “Put simply, violence is never the answer,” said Jacqueline Maguire, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia Division. Waco. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-09-27 12:22 |
| #10 The "72 year old" guy was making inappropriate comments to Houck's kid. Obviously Houck opened that door by bringing his kid along, but when he told the guy verbally to stop it. The guy should have stopped. Post J6, even being peripherally present at a protest with political overtones (Yeah, I know, that would be all of them) is asking for trouble if you are on the side the "progressives" in charge don't like. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-09-27 11:57 |
| #9 Which is why I'm all for forgetting everything else and following the mark. Until he's alone and nobody's watching. Like 'fcuk this pansy ass rally, I got me a real job to do.' |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-09-27 11:51 |
| #8 “Put simply, violence is never the answer,” said Jacqueline Maguire, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia Division. So why do you show up at a man's home, whoi has no history of violence, no criminal background, no evidence of giving armed resistance... with 20-30 armored agents armed with automatic rifles and other gear more appropriate for a riot or a gangland boss? The FBI needs to be dismantled and the small-brained would-be Stasi/gestapo-minded FBI agents, in this case, need to be eliminated from ever serving in a public role or law enforcement ever again. |
| Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158 2022-09-27 11:51 |
| #7 All he did was push the guy for talking shit to his kid.Mess with mine and you're gonna have a big ass hospital bill. |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-09-27 11:23 |
| #6 “Violating the FACE Act by committing a physical assault is a serious crime for which the FBI will work to hold offenders accountable.” I'd figure verbal assault and sexual suggestion to a minor would be. But let's play semantics..SWAT team, mechanized platoon, whatever, so it didn't happen! And why am I picturing the Neo-Phelps taking a soccer dive? Probably because that is Westboro Tactics 101. Houck could face up to 11 years in prison and fines up to $350,000 if found guilty. He go Goku his ass? Bet it was less physical than the arrest was. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-09-27 10:06 |
| #5 I have also to say this. Because these are NOT the typical type of rank and file tactics of Federal, nor State Law Enforcement Agents that I have met and interacted with over previous years. Having Noted: Only certain Metro area FBI and ATF offices are using overly oppressive strong arm force tactics and raids. I can't help but wonder if this is all part of a bigger LSD end-game agenda? Given, it would only take the placement of a few minions to politically control those key LSD political strong hold locations. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-09-27 08:12 |
| #4 Under that logic, they can stow the nazi and fascist name calling WRT those who don't cleave to the leftist agenda, as I don't see any armbands. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-09-27 07:23 |
| #3 It all depends on how you define "SWAT TEAM". So to the DC Swamp/MSM. Is it only when the word SWAT is on the armor vests and not the way the arrest is conducted? The FBI did not deny that up to 25-30 armored agents were on the scene or that Houck’s children witnessed the agents pointing rifles at their father and mother to arrest him for allegedly shoving someone in front of an abortion clinic."...but FBI Philadelphia field office denied that a SWAT Team had been used... " |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-09-27 07:15 |
| #1 Is Adam Schiff moonlighting as an FBI spokesman? |
| Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 2022-09-27 01:19 |