Abortionist Theodore Roumell previously threatened pro-life activists.
QUICK FACTS:
- A Saginaw County, Michigan judge dismissed the case against 88-year-old abortionist Theodore Roumell, citing “insufficient evidence.”
- Roumell allegedly ran over pro-life activist Mark Zimmerman, who was in the driveway of the Women’s Center of Saginaw.
- Zimmerman and five other pro-life Christians were outside the abortion facility to “share the Gospel and also offer physical help” to women.
- The pro-life activist was walking across the driveway when he saw Roumell pull in “faster than normal” and was subsequently hit, Roumell driving over Zimmerman’s knee and then backing up.
- Following the incident, Zimmerman was taken to a hospital, where it was discovered he had a fractured tibia.
- “I’m tolerating. I have a fractured tibia, and it’s close to my ankle, and so I have a stable brace to keep it in place,” he said. “They’re going to put a rod in my tibia with a couple of pins and screws, and that’s less recovery time. I have a walker and a wheelchair that I’m using, and some crutches when I need them. But I have a lovely wife that’s taking care of me.”
- A witness to the ordeal, David Fink, told LifeSite News that he believes Roumell hitting Zimmerman was “premeditated” and described Zimmerman flying backward “about two or three feet,” crying out in pain.
- According to Roumell, Zimmerman violated state and federal law by blocking the driveway.
CASE DISMISSED FROM “INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE”:
- Zimmerman’s lawyer Robert Dunn said the “district judge, after hearing the evidence, dismissed the case on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient.”
- The attorney did not understand why the case was dropped, thinking the judge did not see the “signed witness statements,” including “that the doctor had threatened to do this recently and then did it, and that there was a prior case at least ten years ago where he did this to somebody else.”
- “All of this evidence could have been brought forth,” he said, noting he was not present in court during the case hearing. “I don’t know if any of it was. I have to believe it wasn’t, because if it was, there’s no possible way the judge could have dismissed the charge.”
- Dunn is considering an appeal of the judge’s decision.
- In discussing another case involving an abortion facility and pro-life activists, Dunn noted, “These events are happening more and more because people know they can get away with it,” he said. “They know nothing will be done. Very little will be done.”
BACKGROUND:
- American Faith reported that a U.S. Appeals Court for the D.C. Circuit overturned a prior district decision, finding that Washington, D.C. showed “selective enforcement” when arresting pro-life activists for chalking public sidewalks.
- The city ignored similar acts by Black Lives Matter (BLM) protestors.
- When BLM protestors chalked sidewalks, “none of the protestors were arrested,” the ruling reads.
- Judge Neomi Rao, authoring the court’s opinion, emphasized, “The First Amendment prohibits discrimination on the basis of viewpoint irrespective of the government’s motive. We hold the Foundation has plausibly alleged the District discriminated on the basis of viewpoint in the selective enforcement of its defacement ordinance.”
