I want to thank the people of Rankin County, Mississippi, the residents of Brandon, Mississippi and those who came from the surrounding communities for honoring USMC Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers on the day he was laid to rest!
In a stunning move [to the Westboro protestors], the Mississippi town of Brandon did what the Supreme Court refused to do. They stopped these protestors dead in their tracks!
Thanks to the smart thinking of the people of Rankin County Mississippi, some folks hanging out at a Brandon gas station, and I am sure a great many others, there was nary a protestor to be found at the funeral of USMC Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers.
One can only hope that other cities, towns and counties across the United States will read and follow the example set here in Mississippi.
What happened?
Let's start off with the guy who thought it was okay to mouth off about his views while stopping for gas at a station in Brandon. It seems somebody was offended and set him straight. Unfortunately, when the police were called and arrived, nobody seemed to know what had happened!
Moving on to the day of the funeral and the scene in a motel parking lot. Multiple Rankin County vehicles suddenly found new parking spots directly behind those vehicles displaying Kansas license plates. Now, the good county workers had no beef with the state of Kansas, just those protestors who were giving Kansas a bad name!
When the drivers of the cars from Kansas came out the morning of the funeral, they found their vehicles not only completely blocked by these county vehicles, but the drivers' were nowhere to be found. The police were called to help out.
Regretfully(?) the wrecker services of the police were unavailable for several hours, as they were running a bit behind at the moment. Towing the vehicles was going to have to wait until after the funeral. [The drivers did come back after the funeral to move their vehicles.]
Determined to make a scene at the funeral of USMC Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers, a few protestors managed to actually arrive at the funeral. But they didn't stay long.
They were escorted away from the funeral to be questioned at length, about a crime that was being investigated. Turns out that they (the Westboro protestors) weren't involved in this crime, but the police had to be sure! By the time that matter was straightened out, the funeral was over.
These events were reported on here and here.
I know many folks across the United States felt the Supreme Court delivered a crushing blow to the families of our military when a lawsuit seeking to restrict the actions of protestors at military funerals was shot down. The Supreme Court sent a message out that won't quickly be forgotten. The people of Rankin County Mississippi answered back with a message of their own!
Thou Shall Not Dishonor our Military!!
On this day, the town of Brandon Mississippi stopped to honor a fallen hero. Below is a video from the webcam of an officer's car, of the funeral procession past hundreds of people paying their respects to USMC Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers.
Rest in Peace Staff Sergeant Jason Rogers for the people of Rankin County have your back!
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