Jesse Prince, Bob Minton, assault

From Gregg Hagglund:

The following is an unconfirmed report via Police Sources "the old boy network" out of Boston Mass.

Sept 10, 1998 Boston Mass.

Robert Minton and Jesse Prince were surrounded and attacked by a group of taunting Scientologists outside of the Boston Org. Out numbered and surrounded by an out of control group of religious fanatics BoB Minton, after being repeated kicked and finally punched defended himself with his Picket sign which broke. (The sign was made of cardboard attached to a balsa wood stick. This stick is so flimsy it is permitted on to Aircraft.) At this point the Boston Police apparently intervened and because Mr Minton used a "weapon" (as opposed to flailing about with his fists and feet.) he was arrested. (Overforceful response.) An unofficial commentary about this incident "If we hadn't arrived just then Mr Minton and Mr. Prince would likely have received a severe beating at the hands of the Scientologists. Those folks were really worked up. They were out of control, completely out of control. Messrs. Minton and Prince were visibly shaken. No alcohol was apparently involved on either side of the fracas."

One Scientologist was taken to hospital for examination of a small abrasion and released.

The Ambulance was not paid for.

I repeat: The Confirmed Facts are not yet available.

I suggest we wait for a complete report after a court appearance by Bob, probably tomorrow.

I hope the complete videotape, if it exists, was seized by the Police.
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From Grady Ward:
I spoke briefly with the principals this morning and got the details of the arraignment of Bob Minton.

He was heard at 10:30 A.M. EDT this morning in Room 404 of the Boston Municipal Court. The D.A. argued for a TRO (a "stay away" order in MA parlance) to keep Bob 100 yards away from any cult property or Ofman.

After a short but vigorous rebuttal by Bob's attorney, Steve Jonas, the Judge agreed to limit the temporary "stay away" order to 100 yds. and Ofman *only.* Bob will be able to continue to picket the criminal cult at will. (We anticipate a lot of airplane time in the future for Ofman as he plays Jack-in-the-Box in the style of Barton with Henson.)

The Judge stressed that this TRO in no way reflected her view of any facts of this case, but was customary in any assault and battery charge. (The current charge is somewhere on the misdemeanor side of simple assault and assault with a deadly weapon.)

The Judge released Bob on his own recognizance. No bail at all.

A picture has been posted to alt.binaries.misc and alt.binaries.scientology showing Bob being physically attacked. Bob also says that he has definitive videotape evidence that he was battered just before he defended himself with his flimsy sign.

One of the cult videotapes has already been confiscated by the police.

Should the criminal cult be so foolish to pursue additional legal actions against Minton, I have no doubt that he will trounce and humiliate them in court.

Overall, I think this incident will go far toward showing the criminal cult is a violent collection of thugs and criminals rather than showing Bob Minton as anyone other than one who wants to peacefully protest the criminality of the cult, but is willing to stand up when someone tries to unlawfully and violently deprive him of his constitutional rights.

Bob is upbeat and looking forward to a *lot* more picketing soon. Perhaps a new sign will feature the snarling face of Ofman as portrayed in another photo posted to a.b.s. and a.b.m.

http://holysmoke.org/face_of_bigotry.html more pictures
(http://news.scientology.org/mag/boston/page14.htm)
contains an article written by frank ofman.