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Officer Named in Damon Atkins Lawsuit Found Dead

The Lancaster Patriot Staff — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 15:32:05 +0000

A Reading police officer named as a defendant in a civil lawsuit filed by a Reading man who was arrested for public preaching was found dead in her home on New Year’s Eve. Officer Courtney P. Dupree, 28, was found dead on Dec. 31, 2023, in her Wyomissing residence. Her obituary states that “Courtney was currently employed as a police officer for Reading Police Department. She couldn’t be more…

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Reading Police Chief: Department ‘Inundated’ with ‘Complaints About the Arrest’

The Lancaster Patriot Staff — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:08:56 +0000

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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Podcast – Charges Dropped After Cop Arrests Public Preacher

The Lancaster Patriot Staff — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 15:06:23 +0000

A Pennsylvania man was recently arrested for standing on a public sidewalk (across the street from a pride event) and quoting a portion of 1 Corinthians 14:33. The entire incident was filmed by Matthew Wear and that video clip has gone viral. Damon Atkins was facing charges of “disorderly conduct” prior to the Berks County District Attorney’s Office announcing on June 7 that all charges have been…

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Charges Dropped Against Pennsylvania Man Arrested for Public Preaching

The Lancaster Patriot Staff — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 00:49:02 +0000

Criminal charges against Damon Atkins, the Pennsylvania man who was arrested Saturday for publicly quoting the Bible, were dropped after the county District Attorney reviewed videos of the incident. “After a review of the incident which took place on June 3, 2023, in the 800 block of Washington Street in the City of Reading, the District Attorney’s Office has withdrawn the charges of…

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Reading Man Arrested for Quoting Bible in Public

The Lancaster Patriot Staff — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:12:52 +0000

It took less than sixty seconds of standing on a sidewalk for Damon Atkins to be placed in handcuffs and arrested for quoting a portion of a Bible verse. On Saturday morning dozens of people were gathered outside the Reading City Hall on Washington Street to participate in the city’s first ever “Pride March and Rally” endorsed by Mayor Eddie Moran. At approximately 10:05 a.m.

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