Brickbat: Third Time's the Charm?

Pro-life activist Isabel Vaughan-Spruce is under police investigation for a third time after silently praying outside an abortion clinic in Birmingham, England. The police investigation comes despite two previous arrests for the same thing that resulted in a settlement in her favor and a formal apology from the police. British law bans activities intended to influence or cause distress within a "buffer zone" around abortion clinics. Vaughan-Spruce, who is being supported by the legal group Alliance Defending Freedom International, argues that silently praying is not a criminal offense and that everyone has a right to freedom of thought. The police have asked prosecutors to decide if there is enough evidence to charge her.
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Isabel has turned the selfish stupidity of the anti-life death cult into a monetized cottage industry.
And again, using a stock photo for the image when a specific person is involved (and the photo isn’t of them) seems wrong. Perhaps generic coat hangers and a shopvac would be fine but Vaughan-Spruce does not look like the woman praying.
Reason is almost totally broke and can't afford to pay rights to photographers and paparazzi, to use the real thing. Why broke? 'Cause of blokes (like YOU!) cuntstantly polluting the cumments with hate, Trump-worshit, and Reason-back-stabbing, driving away advertisers and magazine buyers. YOU, Papa-NAZI, pay the paparazzi so that we can see the REAL thing, and then get back to us! Or snot! But quit Your PervFected, Mind-Infected bitching, if You're snot paying! Everyone's a critic; few actually help out! Find us a link to a photo of this woman, if Ye are a SOOOO PervFectly Cuntcerned Cuntcern-Troll!
Relevant is a quote by PJ O’Rourke... Ass he said, “Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.”
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Was in a grey box for me, easy to leave unread.
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Hey Don't look at me!...
PLEASE try to work with me here, for Your Own PervFected Good!
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