Oh the irony! Lauren Book arrested for engaging in a pro-abortion protest after she had previously tried having a peaceful protester arrested

I don't pity Lauren Book. She filed multiple false complaints against Derek Logue after he peacefully protested her bad public policies in 2015, then she votes in favor of the Ron DeSantis anti-protest bill, and now she gets arrested for protesting. Of course, she wouldn't get the same treatment, it was essentially a catch and release, but seeing that C-U-N-T in handcuffs really made my night!

I want to see that glorious mugshot!

https://www.wctv.tv/2023/04/04/nikki-fried-lauren-book-among-group-arrested-tallahassee-city-hall/

Nikki Fried, Lauren Book among nearly a dozen arrested while protesting abortion ban

Dozens of demonstrators gathered in front of Tallahassee City Hall Monday

Video of city arresting pro-abortion protesters including Nikki Fried, Lauren Book. Editor's note: Video contains vulgar gestures and profanity

By Savannah Kelley, Chasity Maynard and Sam Thomas

Published: Apr. 3, 2023 at 7:46 PM CDT|Updated: 29 minutes ago

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Two of Florida’s top Democrats, Florida Senate minority leader Lauren Book and former Florida gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried, were arrested with nearly a dozen protesters at Tallahassee City Hall Monday as they protested the Florida Senate passing a six-week abortion ban earlier that day.

The 11 arrests came after dozens of protesters gathered in the capital city in opposition to the contentious abortion ban. The bill is a more extreme version of Florida’s current 15-week ban, which is currently being challenged in the state Supreme Court.

Demonstrators shouted, “Shame! Shame!” as police handcuffed their peers in front of City Hall.

Just hours earlier, lawmakers debated the bill in the capital. But following a series of shouts interrupting proceedings, Senate President Kathleen Passidomo made all spectators leave the gallery. The vote was taken behind closed doors, passing 26-13.

City “unable to accommodate,” protesters arrested for “trespass after warning”

In a statement following the arrests of Book and Fried, who is also the chair of the Florida Democratic Party, the City of Tallahassee released a statement. The city said it had “been working with protest organizers for over a week” in preparation for Monday’s demonstration. On Friday, however, the discussions appeared to change direction.

The City had been working with protest organizers for over a week; however, due to the size of the crowd they were expecting and their desire for overnight camping, they were informed last Friday of the City’s inability to accommodate them.

Statement from the City of Tallahassee

Tallahassee Police told protesters they must leave the area in front of City Hall by 8 p.m. or be arrested. As demonstrators sat in a circle singing “Lean on Me” and holding hands, officers approached and began handcuffing the 11 individuals who remained in front of the government building.

The demonstrators were arrested for “trespass after warning,” according to the statement.

A sign outside City Hall states “park hours” are from sunrise to sunset. It is unclear when the sign was posted, but Ryan Ray, aide to City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow, said in a Tweet on Friday that the posting was new. WCTV has reached out to the city to determine when these rules were established and posted.

Fried and Book were released before midnight Monday. As of 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, the other 9 arrestees remained in prison.

It is unclear why the activists gathered at City Hall. However, a recent controversial change in procedure from the state requires groups to obtain sponsorship from a state agency ahead of gathering at the Florida Capital. City hall is across the street from the capitol.

Elected officials raise free speech concerns

Many lawmakers spoke out online against the arrests, criticizing the city and state.

Tallahassee City Commissioner Jack Porter questioned the city administration’s judgment following the events on Monday.

“Free speech and the right to peaceably assemble are fundamental American freedoms,” she wrote in a Tweet. “I cannot speak for the conscience of this Commission majority, but I certainly do not support arresting protesters for exercising their constitutional rights in opposing extreme anti-choice legislation.”

U.S. Representative Maxwell Frost responded to posts online about the protest, calling it “disgusting.” He asked the Tallahassee Police Department and Mayor John Dailey to release the activists.

" We need our Democratic municipal governments to stand with the people against the far-right DeSantis regime,” he wrote.

The city said in its press release that TPD worked to provide a “safe environment for demonstrators” on Monday.

“TPD encourages individuals exercising their First Amendment right of peaceful assembly to do so in accordance with the law. TPD supports non-disruptive demonstrations and works diligently to protect and uphold the rights of citizens every day,” the statement said.

But City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow disagreed.

“The Dailey/Goad administration continue to trample on the constitution. You can’t peacefully protest in the public square?” he wrote. “What is this— North Korea?”

Next steps for HB 300

The demonstration is one of a series of rallies against the abortion ban seen in the capital city and state since its proposal. Proponents of the Republican-sponsored legislation say it will save unborn children.

“For me it just boils back to, at the moment of conception, a life is created,” Senate Republican Colleen Burton said. “A life is created. An innocent life is created.”

Democrats say it will put women’s lives at risk.

“I trust women to make the right choices for themselves,” Senate Democrat Lori Berman said. “Decisions about abortion should be between a woman and her doctor and her trusted circle of confidants, not her legislators.”

The bill makes exceptions for rape, incest or to save the life of the mother. In those cases, a woman would be given up to 15 weeks to get an abortion. She would have to provide some kind of documentation, like a police report or medical record, to prove she falls into one of those categories.

The bill still needs to clear the House before it heads to Gov. DeSantis’s desk.

Correction: A previous version of this article said more than a dozen people were detained.

Lauren Book's "expert witness" actually proves that Senator Lauren Book is a menace to society

We at Floridians For Freedom (F3) are over the moon seeing FloriDUH State Senator Lauren Book lose her blatant SLAPP Suit. But while it was great that the viuctory was overwhelmingly in Logue's favor, the news medua instead focused heavily on the dissenting opinion.

Judge Mel-UGH-nie G May (What does the G stand for? Goober? Goof? Germ? Grungy? Gullible? good-for-nothing?) decided to focus on the words by one of Lauren Book's witnesses:

"So if you have all those factors together, someone with an agenda, somebody who affiliates with others with that same agenda, somebody who increases their approach, somebody who's angry or has angry outbursts, somebody who announces their intentions in terms of what they're going to do, all of those things together can significantly increase an individual's risk potential."

Do you know anyone like this? Well I do. In fact, this fits Senator Book to a T.

"Someone with an agenda": Lauren Book has a single agenda, namely the passage of tough sex offense laws. She's willing to lie to the public as well as use her status as a professional victim to advance her cause. She doesn't do anything else, as evidenced by her antipathy towards the Parkland shooting victims. She had no problem, however, with using the Parkland shooter

"Somebody who affiliates with others with that same agenda": Lauren Book runs a charity to advance her cause and surrounding herself with like-minded people, including her father, who really runs the charity.

"Somebody who increases their approach": Lauren Book began with her charity, growing it into a multimillion dollar industry, then started a yearly march across the state, which got bigger and gaudier until a protest made her change her approach. Now she claimed an unopposed state senate seat.

"Somebody who's angry or has angry outbursts" When anyone dares to question Lauren Book on her questionable fundraising efforts, she hides behind her abuse narrative angrily, as noted in the Miami New Times in 2015:

"Political points?" Lauren asked incredulously. "I want to be clear about one thing. I was raped every day for six years, and they were the six most horrible and horrific years of my life. I felt guilty, ashamed, invisible, bad, dirty, hurt, and afraid every single day from the time that I was 11 until I was 16... Children in every community on the planet are also enduring the pain I suffered. I am trying to turn my personal pain into something positive and hopefully prevent this from happening to others."

In her BBC interview, Lauren Book admits to lashing out at her husband and gets very angry when she hears registered persons say they deserve a second chance.

Lauren Book is angry and has angry outbursts.

"Somebody who announces their intentions in terms of what they're going to do": In an interview with the BBC, Lauren Book stated, "We take away their civil rights... but if you commit a crime against a child... you shouldn't have a second chance... Why, because I, Lauren Book, is not willing to allow you to have a second chance."

"All of those things together can significantly increase an individual's risk potential."

What does this say about Lauren Book? She was willing to drag an innocent man through the mud for years, making false allegations, comparing him to mass shooters, and filing SLAPP suits against him. She's willing to force people to live in squalor while she eats rich foods from her ivory tower. She believes certain people dio not deserve a second chance and takes active stepd to deny them that chance. Now tell me who is the REAL danger here?

Jean Zeeb: Lauren Book's column misleads about sex offenders

This article isn't perfect (I'm not keen on the "unscrupulous men" comment and the appeal to polygraphs (junk science). Still, this column debunks Lauren Book and her victim industry propaganda.

http://www.gainesville.com/opinion/20170104/jean-zeeb-column-misleads-about-sex-offenders

Jean Zeeb: Column misleads about sex offenders

Wednesday
Posted Jan 4, 2017 at 2:00 AM
By Jean Zeeb Special to The Sun

In Lauren Book's Dec. 11 column, she wrote about the dangers that sexual predators pose to children and admonishes parents to be suspicious of staff at youth-serving organizations. We all want to protect children, so how could such a column be objectionable? Because it is alarmist, misleading and mostly false.

I have been a sex offender therapist for over 20 years, treating well over 1,000 juvenile and adult sex offenders. For longer than that, I have worked with adults who were sexually victimized as children.

Book states that we must be vigilant for sexual predators who work in youth-serving capacities. She wrote that "the average sexual predator will offend against 117 children in his or her lifetime." This is an old trope, discredited decades ago.

Among sex offenders, there are those with child victims and those with adult victims. Those with child victims are further divided into two categories: child molesters and pedophiles.

Child molesters generally have one or two victims (verified by polygraphs), and these are children with whom they have close contact (e.g., as stepparents, babysitters, etc.). Child molesters are generally heterosexual, and are primarily interested in adult partners, but at one time or another victimized a child.

Pedophiles, on the other hand, are primarily (and often exclusively) attracted to children. While there are pedophiles who fit Book's description of "117 victims," such pedophiles are rare. Most are introverts and isolated from society. Though some act on their sexual desires, others do not.

"Sexual predator" is not a clinical term, but a legal one based primarily on statute. In Florida, the difference between being labeled a "sex offender" or "sexual predator" has little to do with the actual crime, and more to do with when the crime was committed and the presiding judge's whims. Any adult convicted of a sex crime against a child after Oct. 1, 1993, if the judge so deems, can be labeled a sexual predator.

In Florida, the definition of "adult" and "child" is a moving target. In terms of victims, anyone under the age of 18 is considered to be a child. Unlike 40 other states where the age of consent is lower, Florida's age of consent is 18.

When it comes to offenders, children as young as 14 who may have "experimented" with neighborhood kids, can, and regularly are, convicted of sexual offenses as adults. Since their victims are almost always younger, they are considered especially dangerous, as they have "targeted" such young victims and are thus labeled "sexual predators."

Here are a few other examples from my caseload: An 18-year-old high school student has sex with a 16 year old from school. He is convicted of a sex crime against a child, must drop out as he cannot now be around "children," and his hopes of joining the military after graduation are dashed. Instead he is labeled a sexual predator for his entire life. Had he done this in Georgia, where the age of consent is 16, no crime would have been committed.

A 22-year-old man meets someone in a chat room who claims to be 20 and posts a stock photo of a woman roughly that age. The conversation turns sexual and they exchange photos of their genitals. Her parents discover the photos and call the police. He is arrested and convicted of sending material harmful to a child and labeled a child sexual predator. She was 14 years old, though he had no way of knowing this.

A 23-year-old man goes to a dance club and picks up a woman at the bar. She goes home with him and they have sex. Three weeks later, he is arrested on a child sexual battery charge. The "woman" was 17 and used a fake ID to get into the bar. When she bragged about her sexual encounter with her school friends she was overheard by a teacher, who was mandated by the state to report the crime. The man is now convicted and labeled a sexual predator.

I do not mean to imply that there are not true child victims, children sexually exploited by unscrupulous men. Nor do I want to minimize the harm done to children by a trusted adult, such as a stepfather. Children are profoundly harmed by such activity. The countless heartbreaking stories that Book is likely privy to, and that I myself have heard in my offices, point to the devastation wreaked upon their lives.

But it is important to look with a more critical eye than Book is using. By using alarmist terms and discredited statistics, the complexity of the problem is obscured. When the term "sexual predator" applies alike to young men with "consenting" partners as it does for pedophiles, the term is, in effect, meaningless.

Book casts suspicion on the vast majority of well-intended adults who work with children. Most adults working with youth are altruistic men and women deserving of our appreciation.

- Jean Zeeb is a licensed mental health counselor and a clinical member of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. She works with sex offenders and victims of sexual abuse in North Central Florida.