BobVigneault
Bawberator
Hey if you come to Beloit, WI to witness you might want to bring some clean underwear and socks for your stay in the slammer. Or you can just keep that witnessing in the church where it belongs boy!!!!
From the Janesville Gazette, 8/14:
Pastor: Police used undue force
By Gina Duwe
[email protected]
A Beloit pastor arrested after trying to spread the word of God to two teen boys in a fast food parking lot says police used excessive force on him.
But the incident scared the 13-year-olds to the point that they hid behind the restaurant and called 911.
David J. Fogderud, 64, of 3545 S. Riverside Drive, Beloit, was arrested the night of Aug. 2 on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting an officer, according to Janesville police reports.
Fogderud is a founder of The Overflowing Cup Total Life Center in Beloit.
Fogderud said he was taking a man to detox when they stopped at Burger King, 400 W. Centerway. While parked in the lot, he said he saw two teenage boys hanging around the doorway.
He called, "Hey kids, come here," he said.
"I was just going to witness to them about Christ and tell them about a music festival."
The boys said, "No," and walked away.
Fogderud recalls thinking it was neat that they didn't talk to strangers.
The frightened boys, however, told police they didn't feel comfortable and walked into the restaurant where they stayed for several minutes before leaving. Meanwhile Fogderud had pulled through the drive-through and parked outside the door, according to police reports.
Fogderud again called out to the boys, but the boys told police they were scared and walked behind the building, where they hid and called 911, according to reports.
One of the boys told The Janesville Gazette he and his friend were skateboarding when the truck pulled in.
"They kept staring at us, like dead center staring at us," he said.
The boy said he wouldn't have thought Fogderud was a pastor based on the exchange.
"I was not going to go up to the truck," he said. "We were thinking, I don't know, like they wanted to try and get some information from us, try and get us into the car, and that's why we kept walking."
Police responded and pulled over Fogderud's truck on Centerway at Main Street.
According to police reports:
Fogderud was argumentative and not cooperative with officers and questioned why he was pulled over. He refused several times to get out of the vehicle. Officer Michael Blaser eventually patted down Fogderud and found a small knife in his pocket.
Officers handcuffed Fogderud and took him to the police department where he refused to be fingerprinted. He told officers several times that, "if you let me go, I will forgive you."
Fogderud told the Gazette officers were rude and manhandled and disrespected him.
"They didn't explain anything. They treated me with brutal force," he said. "It's just so unfair. They shouldn't treat a criminal that way. Everyone deserves some respect."
He still questions what he did wrong and whether it's a sin to eat, he said.
Officers pushed and jabbed Fogderud in and out of the squad car, he said. The handcuffs were tight and uncomfortable, he said, but he was not seriously injured.
"There's nothing illegal about speaking out your window to someone. I realize-the only reason I can see-is maybe perverts do that, but I never thought about that," he said.
"I have pure motives and intentions, but there's still nothing illegal about that."
From the Janesville Gazette, 8/14:
Pastor: Police used undue force
By Gina Duwe
[email protected]
A Beloit pastor arrested after trying to spread the word of God to two teen boys in a fast food parking lot says police used excessive force on him.
But the incident scared the 13-year-olds to the point that they hid behind the restaurant and called 911.
David J. Fogderud, 64, of 3545 S. Riverside Drive, Beloit, was arrested the night of Aug. 2 on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting an officer, according to Janesville police reports.
Fogderud is a founder of The Overflowing Cup Total Life Center in Beloit.
Fogderud said he was taking a man to detox when they stopped at Burger King, 400 W. Centerway. While parked in the lot, he said he saw two teenage boys hanging around the doorway.
He called, "Hey kids, come here," he said.
"I was just going to witness to them about Christ and tell them about a music festival."
The boys said, "No," and walked away.
Fogderud recalls thinking it was neat that they didn't talk to strangers.
The frightened boys, however, told police they didn't feel comfortable and walked into the restaurant where they stayed for several minutes before leaving. Meanwhile Fogderud had pulled through the drive-through and parked outside the door, according to police reports.
Fogderud again called out to the boys, but the boys told police they were scared and walked behind the building, where they hid and called 911, according to reports.
One of the boys told The Janesville Gazette he and his friend were skateboarding when the truck pulled in.
"They kept staring at us, like dead center staring at us," he said.
The boy said he wouldn't have thought Fogderud was a pastor based on the exchange.
"I was not going to go up to the truck," he said. "We were thinking, I don't know, like they wanted to try and get some information from us, try and get us into the car, and that's why we kept walking."
Police responded and pulled over Fogderud's truck on Centerway at Main Street.
According to police reports:
Fogderud was argumentative and not cooperative with officers and questioned why he was pulled over. He refused several times to get out of the vehicle. Officer Michael Blaser eventually patted down Fogderud and found a small knife in his pocket.
Officers handcuffed Fogderud and took him to the police department where he refused to be fingerprinted. He told officers several times that, "if you let me go, I will forgive you."
Fogderud told the Gazette officers were rude and manhandled and disrespected him.
"They didn't explain anything. They treated me with brutal force," he said. "It's just so unfair. They shouldn't treat a criminal that way. Everyone deserves some respect."
He still questions what he did wrong and whether it's a sin to eat, he said.
Officers pushed and jabbed Fogderud in and out of the squad car, he said. The handcuffs were tight and uncomfortable, he said, but he was not seriously injured.
"There's nothing illegal about speaking out your window to someone. I realize-the only reason I can see-is maybe perverts do that, but I never thought about that," he said.
"I have pure motives and intentions, but there's still nothing illegal about that."