Birmingham, Ala., Feb 13, 2009 / 23:08 pm
Pro-life protesters who were arrested on a public sidewalk near a high school in Birmingham, Alabama on Thursday have accused police of violating their ‘basic civil rights.’
The Survivors Campus Life Tour said that nine protesting group members were standing on a public sidewalk near Parker High School distributing educational literature to passing students. Two of the group’s members held large signs and conversed with students on the public sidewalk.
According to the group, a campus officer called the police department when they refused to leave the area.
Over a dozen squad cars reportedly arrived at the school and the police officers began arresting members of the group.