richard tornielli – The Lancaster Patriot https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com A conservative newspaper about Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Wed, 19 Jul 2023 20:39:04 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-lancaster-logo-quill-only-website-thumbnail-red-32x32.png richard tornielli – The Lancaster Patriot https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com 32 32 Damon Atkins’ Attorney Files Civil Complaint Against Reading Mayor, Police Chief https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/damon-atkins-files-civil-complaint-against-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=damon-atkins-files-civil-complaint-against-city https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/damon-atkins-files-civil-complaint-against-city/#comments Wed, 19 Jul 2023 20:30:00 +0000 https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/?p=6053 A law firm representing the Reading man who was arrested last month for quoting the Bible on a public sidewalk has filed a civil complaint against the city of Reading, the city mayor, the police chief, and two police officers. Damon Atkins, of Reading, Pennsylvania, was arrested on June 3 for publicly quoting a portion of a Bible verse while standing across the street from a homosexual pride…

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]]> https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/damon-atkins-files-civil-complaint-against-city/feed/ 8 Reading Police Chief: Department ‘Inundated’ with ‘Complaints About the Arrest’ https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/reading-police-chief-department-inundated-with-complaints-about-the-arrest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reading-police-chief-department-inundated-with-complaints-about-the-arrest https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/reading-police-chief-department-inundated-with-complaints-about-the-arrest/#comments Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:08:56 +0000 https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/?p=5630 Reading Police Chief Richard Tornielli said that the Reading Police Department on Tuesday and Wednesday “fielded hundreds of calls on phone lines” regarding the arrest of a man quoting the Bible on a public sidewalk. “Since the arrest of Damon Atkins, the Reading Police Department Communications Center has been inundated with phone calls from individuals voicing complaints about the arrest,”…

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