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Planned Parenthood exec arrested for exposing his crank in public park

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  1. bigtexxx

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    http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/201...arenthood-ceo-arrested-for-indecent-exposure/

    Lubbock Planned Parenthood CEO arrested for indecent exposure

    The head of Planned Parenthood in Lubbock was arrested Monday for exposing himself in a public park, according to news station KCBD.

    Police say they arrested Tony Thorton, 56, near the baseball fields Monday afternoon on charges of indecent exposure, a class B misdemeanor, then released him Tuesday morning on $750 bond, KCBD reported.

    Planned Parenthood has removed him from his leadership position.

    “”Effective immediately Tony Thornton has been placed on leave and will no longer serve as the CEO of Planned Parenthood of Lubbock, following his arrest related to a personal matter,” said Mariah Sharpe, Board Chair, Planned Parenthood Association of Lubbock. “Tara Haskell, formerly the Director of Finance, will immediately take over as interim CEO of Planned Parenthood of Lubbock. Planned Parenthood insists on the highest professional standards, and we will continue to provide essential quality health care to the Lubbock community without interruption.”

    Thorton made several public appearances this month during rallies against state cuts to Planned Parenthood as a part of their “Don’t Mess with Texas Women” campaign.

    He had been quoted in a tweet from national Planned Parenthood account last week: “CEO Tony Thorton: Last year, Planned Parenthood Association of #Lubbock served 2,200 women through the Medicaid Women’s Health Program.”

    Opponents of Planned Parenthood, including anti-abortion activists and some Texas Republicans, have been quick to blog about Thorton’s arrest.

    According to KCBD, Planned Parenthood’s Lubbock office said he was not at work on Monday.
     
  2. Kyrodis

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    I'll reserve judgment until I get all the facts.

    For all we know he could've been suffering from a heat stroke and desperately needed to take all his clothes off to cool himself.
     
  3. sjackson0

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    i pee outside all the time, but what do you expect of me...I'm just "the black"
     
  4. False

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    Arrested for indecent exposure, huh.

    Texas Penal Code Chapter 21

    Any prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys or other informed persons care to weigh in how this is actually used in practice? It doesn't seem like you could actually get convicted if you just needed to take a leak, but who knows on what facts a Lubbock prosecutor could bring a charge on. Additional specific facts and a better idea of the scope of conduct covered by this statute would be helpful.

    Thank you bigtexxx for keeping us apprised of this situation. I hope you will continue to monitor this important breaking development.
     
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    Lubbock.
     
  6. QdoubleA

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    bigtexx rushing to judgement again without all the facts. Typical.
     
  7. KingCheetah

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    SHUT DOWN FUNDING TO THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION IMMEDIATELY.
     
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    Romney wants too

    Romney: ‘We’re Going To Get Rid Of’ Planned Parenthood

    Yesterday, Mitt Romney told a local TV reporter in Missouri that he would “get rid of” Planned Parenthood, among other programs, to reduce the deficit:

    The test is pretty simple. Is the program so critical, it’s worth borrowing money from China to pay for it? And on that basis of course you get rid of Obamacare, that’s the easy one. Planned Parenthood, we’re going to get rid of that.
     
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  10. OmegaSupreme

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    do you always post articles without commenting, bigtexxx? what is your opinion? i apologize in advance for your bias and lack of facts.

    signed,
    tb (the black)
     
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    There's a couple things I find amusing here.

    1. There is a "CEO" position of the Lubbock division of Planned Parenthood. It makes you think it's the "CEO" of all of Planned Parenthood, but it's really just the Lubbock division. Clever.

    2. That one lewd action (if true) by a member of Planned Parenthood somehow invalidates the entire organization and insinuates that they're bad. Such logic is... amusing at best.

    Hey guys, Newt Gingrich cheated on two wives, one while she had MS, and the other while she had cancer. All Republicans are cheating scumbags who don't support their sick wives!

    Hey guys, Bill Clinton got a blowjob from a staff member in the Oval Office. All Democratic presidents get blowjobs from staff members in the Oval Office!
     
  12. bnb

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    pee in a park and lose your job, get a fine and a record?

    but you can shoot a man in back and it's a constitutional right...

    crazy.
     
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    "Planned Parenthood insists on the highest professional standards, and we will continue to provide essential quality health care to the Lubbock community without interruption."

    Translation: "The abortion mill will continue unabated."
     
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    Deduction: You have no clue about what Planned Parenthood does.
     
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    I hope this was a joke. Do you know how small the percentage of what Planned Parenthood does even has to do with abortions?
     
  17. Codman

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    Hypocritical Texxx, again and again.

    Let's post something about a "crank" without getting all of the details, but dismiss the death of a teenager until we find out what old dude was thinking before he pulled the trigger. I guess you need to post what catches your eye.

    Potentially peeing in the park (oohh alliteration ;)) or adjusting yourself is much, much more severe than destroying a young man's life and altering his family's forever. Riiigght.....


    And to the poster that thinks PP primarily performs abortions...you're wrong. The facts and data prove it.
     
  18. bigtexxx

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    Would you choose to eat a salad with "just a little bit" of dog schit in it?

    What about an analogy I've made before -- since Al Qaeda helps the homeless in Yemen and Afghanistan, does that make them worth supporting?
     
  19. LScolaDominates

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    Just to get this straight: you are comparing abortion to terrorism in this analogy, correct?
     
  20. Bandwagoner

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    Hard to believe, guy doesn't seem like a creeper at all

    [​IMG]


    they do both involve killing
     

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