12-23-22
A MAN ROBBED SOMEONE AT THEIR CAR WEILDING A BIG KNIFE. DANIELLE JOHNSON HAS THE STORY
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A PORTIOIN OF VIDEO OF PASTOR JAY MILLER OF THE FAMILY CHURCH AND PRESIDENT OF LAFAYETTE CHRISTIAN OF ACADEMY IS SPREADING ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA. THE 30 SECOND VIDEO SHOWS PASTOR MILLER ADDRESSING A CROWD JANUARY 6TH AT THE U.S. CAPITOL. SAYING “WE’RE TIRED OF BEING LIED TO. WE’RE TIRED OF NOT HAVING ANYBODY HAVE OUR BACKS WHEN WE’RE DOWN, AND WE’RE TIRED OF BEING PUT TO THE STREETS AND PUSHED OUT”. PASTOR MILLER POINTS OUT THAT THE VIDEO IS ONLY A PORTIION AND NOT ALL OF WHAT HE SAID. WHAT’S LEFT OUT IS HIM SAYING “THIS IS NOT WHO WE ARE, YOU’RE BEING HEARD BY BEING HERE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BREACH THE CAPITAL. WE DON’T BURN BUILDINGS, WE DON’T MUG POLICE. THAT’S NOT WHO WE ARE. WE’RE BEING HEARD. YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWD ACTUALLY TURN ON ME. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY STARTED BOOING ME. THEY START HECKLING AND START TO SAY ‘YOU’RE ONE OF THEM’, MEANING YOUR’RE ONE OF THE CAPITOL POLICE”. PASTOR MILLER WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO HELP THE CAPITAL POLICE CALM THE CROWD. HE WENT ON TO STATE THAT THE INCOMPLETE VIDEO ALSO LEFT OUT SHOWING HIM WITH HIS BACK TO THE CAPITOLSTANDING ARM AND ARM WITH CAPITOL POLICE FOR 35 MINUTES. HE SAID “I TOOK BOTTLES AND FRAGMENTS OF THINGS AND THROWING OF FOOD AND ITEMS AND GOGGLES AND HELMETS. WE TOOK ALL THE BRUNT OF THAT AND PUSHED THE CROWD BACK FOR 35 MINUTES AND I CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT OUR DOOR WAS NOT BREACHED AT THE CAPITOL”, PASTOR MILLER TOLD NEWS 10 IN AN INTERVIEW.
LAFAYETTE POLICE RESPONDED WITH A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE TO A DISTURBANCE IN PROGRESS CALL LAST NIGHT AT THE BOOKS A MILLION STORE ON AMBASSADOR CAFFERY PARKWAY. THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO WAS REFUSING TO LEAVE THE STORE. THE SUSPECT WAS SEEN KNOCKING OVER ITEMS AND CAUSING A DISTURBANCE. BY THE TIME POLICE ARRIVED, THE SUSPECT HAD LEFT THE STORE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
THE LAFAYETTE TRANSIT SYSTEM IS WAIVING BUS FARE DUE TO THE EXTREME COLD. THE NO BUS FARE CONTINUES TODAY WITH DAY SERVICE 5:45AM TO 6:30PM AND NIGHT SERVICE 6:30PM-9:30PM. CHRISTMAS EVE DAY SERVICE RUNS UNTIL 2PM AND NIGHT SERVICE RUNS 2PM-8:30PM. PARATRANSIT SERVICE RUNS UNTIL 8:30PM. NO SERVICE ON CHRISTMAS DAY. OR MONDAY DECEMBER 26TH.
