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With 10 years of experience in open air ministry, dealing with the Police on a weekly basis, Jesse Morrell shares some tips in this video on how to handle the Police to avoid being arrested and to continue street preaching. He also shares specifically what the legal rights are in regards to freedom of speech and open air preaching.
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Hey Jesse, I have a question in regards to private property (owned by a corporation) used as an outdoor public mall. No pass is required to enter, but there is a private security firm from which the guards threaten people who handout religious literature. Although there is no statement of rules and regulations on the property in regards to this. They continue to claim to have authority in regards to this on the property.
To my knowledge, only California allows freedom of speech to the public in privately owned malls.
Great stuff, Jesse. The one that seems challenging to me, though, is the oh-so-subjective “disturbing the peace” charge that police seem to use as a catch-all to shut you down.
Have you encountered this particular obstacle?
Yes many times. I tell them that free speech itself does not quality as disturbing the peace and that hecklers don’t have veto power. I’ve been successful by challenging them there on the street when they bring that up. And I once had to file a lawsuit over the disturbing the peace issue.
Hello , this is Darin and I was arrested this weekend for preaching the gospel. My question is even though they didn’t come out and say you are under arrest for street preaching they charged me with resisting arrest and two counts of disturbing the peace. So is this illegal?
Great Information! I used Jesse’s advice recently and our street preaching event went very smoothly when the police were called.
My son who is 18 just got a call that a civil complaint is being processed against him for street preaching.. what should his next step be?

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