We protest a cult!

Last night I got deployed to my 10th protest against the teen behavior modification cult on the east side of Cincinnati. This roadside rally wasn't particularly long, but it turned out to be not uneventful, and it was certainly a success!

It started off slow as the 3 of us basked in the stifling heat with bottles of icy cold wawa. But when a police car pulled in to the facility's driveway, the real amusement beginned.

The cruiser drove back towards the building where we couldn't see it, but emerged about 10 minutes later. Then the policeman got out of his car and approached us.

I began to fear that our rally might be suppressed, but the officer quickly assured us we were in the right. He informed us that the facility has a new "policy" of calling the police every time we protest. But the friendly cop also told us that because we are not breaking the law, we can keep protesting.

What it boils down to is that the facility is committing harassment. If you keep calling the police on someone when you know they're doing nothing wrong, that's harassment, and it's a crime.

No normal person would repeatedly call the cops on someone for doing something they know is legal and rant at the officers for 10 minutes.

During the event, I also discovered that the facility had painted a white line at the entrance to its driveway and posted more anti-trespassing signs - just for us! This is of iffy legality, because it appears as if the white line may actually be on the public right-of-way.

The day's highlight came near the end of our protest. A parent of one the detainees pulled up in his car and fumed about how we were "attacking" the program. He then jumped out of the car and marched towards one of our protesters in a threatening manner. He adjusted one of the new signs along the driveway and drove off.

After our protest, we bipped over to some folks' house for some delicious lasagna and sodie-pop. Later we went to Perkins in Highland Heights, where we got more hydration. To celebrate our successful protest, we blew bubbles through the straws in our beverages until they rose to the top of the glass.

Here's to success! Blublublublublub!

(More info: http://www.isaccorp.org/kidshelpingkids.asp)