Gaddafi Duck
03-17-2014, 12:27 AM
I suppose after being forced to pay taxes for this POS sports arena, he didn't apply for a permit to stand and hand out flyers on a sidewalk.
http://journalstar.com/news/local/man-jailed-for-distributing-tracts-at-pinnacle-bank-arena/article_9673bde9-6aac-53b1-9a05-e7d1e06531d4.html
A man was arrested and accused of trespassing while handing out religious fliers outside Pinnacle Bank Arena Saturday afternoon.
Larry Ball was one of a handful of men standing outside the arena as thousands of spectators for the Nebraska Boys State Basketball Tournament walked in and out of the arena. Pinnacle Bank Arena sits on public property, land owned by the city of Lincoln and the West Haymarket Joint Public Agency.
Ball, 76, in tennis shoes and a fishing vest, approached strangers and asked if they would like a small, green booklet: “How to Know God.” Security staff called Lincoln police when Ball ventured beyond the silver cylindrical traffic barricades nearer to the arena.
“He’s been warned several times and still chose to come up along the property, and that’s why he was arrested,” Officer Brian Ward said.
He was jailed on a single count of trespassing and failure to comply, but had posted bail late Saturday.
He told The Associated Press on Sunday that he plans to fight the charge. Ball said he had spent the last three days at the arena handing out fliers, and didn't pressure anyone who declined to take one. He acknowledged that security staff asked him to leave, but he argued that authorities had no right to remove him.
"I told them to go fly a kite — this was public property," he said. "My taxes help pay for that silly building. I like to eat out, and when I do, 2 and a half percent of my bill goes to it. That is public property, and you're not going to keep me off of it."
City Attorney Rod Confer said he was unfamiliar with the exact legal situation, but didn't know of any specific city codes restricting people from handing out religious literature on the arena grounds.
Also, as a follow up...this happened at the same arena the day before:
http://journalstar.com/news/local/911/police-kearney-councilman-gambled-during-state-basketball/article_21785494-9bab-59e4-8334-f9e773863747.html?comment_form=true
A Kearney city councilman was ticketed on suspicion of gambling during a boys state basketball tournament semifinal game between Norfolk and Bellevue West at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Friday, police said.
Off-duty Lincoln police officers saw Randy Buschkoetter, 49, and Danielle Buschkoetter, 21 of Lincoln, exchanging money during the Class A semifinal around 9:15 p.m., Capt. Danny Reitan said.
Omaha Westside beat Omaha Benson 67-63 in overtime in the night's first semifinal game, and Bellevue West went on to beat Norfolk 60-49.
Reitan said it was unclear how much money was exchanged, and he wouldn’t say whether that was the only instance.
Both Buschkoetters were cited and released.
Randy Buschkoetter has served on the Kearney City Council since 1998.
http://journalstar.com/news/local/man-jailed-for-distributing-tracts-at-pinnacle-bank-arena/article_9673bde9-6aac-53b1-9a05-e7d1e06531d4.html
A man was arrested and accused of trespassing while handing out religious fliers outside Pinnacle Bank Arena Saturday afternoon.
Larry Ball was one of a handful of men standing outside the arena as thousands of spectators for the Nebraska Boys State Basketball Tournament walked in and out of the arena. Pinnacle Bank Arena sits on public property, land owned by the city of Lincoln and the West Haymarket Joint Public Agency.
Ball, 76, in tennis shoes and a fishing vest, approached strangers and asked if they would like a small, green booklet: “How to Know God.” Security staff called Lincoln police when Ball ventured beyond the silver cylindrical traffic barricades nearer to the arena.
“He’s been warned several times and still chose to come up along the property, and that’s why he was arrested,” Officer Brian Ward said.
He was jailed on a single count of trespassing and failure to comply, but had posted bail late Saturday.
He told The Associated Press on Sunday that he plans to fight the charge. Ball said he had spent the last three days at the arena handing out fliers, and didn't pressure anyone who declined to take one. He acknowledged that security staff asked him to leave, but he argued that authorities had no right to remove him.
"I told them to go fly a kite — this was public property," he said. "My taxes help pay for that silly building. I like to eat out, and when I do, 2 and a half percent of my bill goes to it. That is public property, and you're not going to keep me off of it."
City Attorney Rod Confer said he was unfamiliar with the exact legal situation, but didn't know of any specific city codes restricting people from handing out religious literature on the arena grounds.
Also, as a follow up...this happened at the same arena the day before:
http://journalstar.com/news/local/911/police-kearney-councilman-gambled-during-state-basketball/article_21785494-9bab-59e4-8334-f9e773863747.html?comment_form=true
A Kearney city councilman was ticketed on suspicion of gambling during a boys state basketball tournament semifinal game between Norfolk and Bellevue West at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Friday, police said.
Off-duty Lincoln police officers saw Randy Buschkoetter, 49, and Danielle Buschkoetter, 21 of Lincoln, exchanging money during the Class A semifinal around 9:15 p.m., Capt. Danny Reitan said.
Omaha Westside beat Omaha Benson 67-63 in overtime in the night's first semifinal game, and Bellevue West went on to beat Norfolk 60-49.
Reitan said it was unclear how much money was exchanged, and he wouldn’t say whether that was the only instance.
Both Buschkoetters were cited and released.
Randy Buschkoetter has served on the Kearney City Council since 1998.