Black Collar Crime Catch-Up 2010, Part 1
John Gochani • Audrey Beidleman Grabarkiewicz and Sarah Jane Lindsay
Here we catch up with the Conservative Babylon Class of 2010 — some Babylonians we covered previously, some we missed entirely, but all of whom deserve recognition (read: exposure) as holier-than-thou right-wingers who can’t seem to live up to the impossible “family values” standards they demand of everyone else. (No, we don’t know how many parts there will be to our year-end catch-up.) In no particular order…
OK, the Wanted Posters Didn’t Say “Dead or Alive,” But Still…
“Reverend” “Flip” Benham, anti-choice (and virulently homophobic) extremist founder of Operation Save America (formerly Operation Rescue), was convicted in November of stalking abortion doctors in the Charlotte, N.C., area, after putting out “Wanted” posters with the doctors’ names and addresses, and leading protests in front of the homes of several. Sadly for the sane world, Benham got two years’ probation instead of a nice, lengthy prison sentence. (more…)
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When we first saw this mug shot, we thought someone had mixed up the alleged perp’s picture with that of a woman — but some digging turned up 