A wall of Teamsters protects Krystle Campbell's funeral from Westboro Baptists

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Teamster Nation

Hundreds of Boston Teamsters from Local 25 are answering the call to protect Krystle Campbell's funeral from a possible protest by Westboro Baptist church members. Campbell, 29, was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings.

Hundreds of Teamsters formed a solid wall on the suburban roadway approaching the church. They stood silent guard as mourners drove slowly by on the way to the 11 a.m. funeral service at St. Joseph's Church in Medford.

The Boston Globe reports the Teamsters began gathering before 8 a.m.,

Sean O’Brien, president and principal officer of Teamster’s local, said the community reached out to the Teamsters yesterday “because they know how influential we are.”

FULL story and video at link.


Read more: http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-wall-of-teamsters-protects-krystle.html

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UPDATE: Westboro Baptists never showed, and we understand more than 1,000 union members and their families came to protect the mourners. The Teamsters are committed to protecting all the bombing victims' funerals.


Short video: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10200776766357198&set=vb.14440196673&type=2&theater

[Flaxbee]

1. why on earth would the crazies from WBC protest her funeral?

Very good going by the Teamsters

[Warpy]

5. They're attention hogs who hate everybody

and blame everything, even the old man's ear hair and halitosis, on gay people.

Three cheers for the Teamsters!

[Patiod]

6. It's a business model

1. Provoke people into assaulting them or "denying their rights"
2. Sue
3. Profit

[eggplant]

21. Yup.

Their *only* ideology is profit via lawsuit. They couldn't give a rat's ass what thing they are picketing so long as it stands a good chance of pissing people off enough to provoke a reaction.

People need to realize that the best way to deal with them is to ignore their words, and simply do the human shield thing for the benefit of peace at the event itself. There is no point in engaging them *at all*, even with counter protests.

[watoos]

8. I heard because Massachusetts was the 1st state

or one of the 1st states to allow gay marriage.

[xtraxritical]

2. Yeah Teamsters, Yeah Unions! Did Westboro show up?

[Omaha Steve]

4. Nope!

I just did an update. I guess they figured:

[xtraxritical]

22. Good, real good to know, thanks Omaha.

[bottomofthehill]

3. There they go again

Union Goons and Thugs doing a service for the community.

[demosincebirth]

17. I hope you're being facetious.

[reflection]

19. That's the way I took it.

Seemed pretty tongue-in-cheek.

[oldhippydude]

7. Westboro is our best tool for generating soildarity....

if only Fox news was so tame....

[spooky3]

9. good work, Teamsters!

[sheshe2]

10. Thank you Teamsters!

[KT2000]

11. Where are the CEOs and banksters?

Yeah Teamsters!

[florida08]

12. guess that proves

where the real solidarity with the 99% lies.

[Hotler]

13. More union thugs.......

[oldandhappy]

14. Thank you all of you who participated!!

[LeftofObama]

15. Thanks Teamsters!

And everyone in Boston who helps to keep an eye on those scum who want to disrupt!

[NealK]

16. Perfect.

What a bunch of parasites.

[marshall]

18. Reminds me of the police at Thatcher's funeral

They lined the streets and formed a barrier, so the protestors couldn't be seen by the family.

[erinlough]

20. If you've never seen the teamsters at a protest it is a sight to behold.

They pull up in their busses and the busses start rocking. They march off to a cadence in their work clothes with hard hats. They are my brothers and they made me feel safe in some tuff times in Michigan, UAW too.

[Omaha Steve]

23. NEW photo