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08-23-2018, 01:36 PM #1
Florida businessman targeted as 'predator' for renting office space to ICE
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By Lucia I. Suarez Sang | Fox News
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For the past two days, a Florida city has been littered with fliers accusing a local businessman of being a predator who profits from “sexual violence, physical abuse and the caging of undocumented people” -- all because he rents office space to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Chuck Prather, of St. Petersburg, said protesters who are angry with the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance illegal immigration policy are targeting him because he leases an office complex in Tampa to the government. It’s an agreement that goes back 21 years and was recently renewed.
“They are trying to terrorize me,” he told Fox News on Thursday.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices are housed at a Tampa building owned by a St. Petersburg businessman. (Google Maps)
On Wednesday, dozens of fliers showing his image were posted around St. Petersburg’s downtown area, where he owns several businesses, including the Birchwood Inn.
“I was taking my son to school yesterday when my elderly neighbor who walks dogs for a living came up to me and said, ‘I need to talk to you,’” Prather said. “[She said] there are posters all over town. It has a big picture of you and it says that you are a predator. What is going on?’”
Prather added: “They were everywhere.”
This flier was posted around the St. Petersburg downtown area accusing Chuck Prather of being a 'predator'. (Courtesy of Chuck Prather)
The fliers, which call for people to boycott all of Prather’s businesses, say in part: “Charles ‘Chuck’ Prather of the Birchwood Inn directly profits from sexual violence, physical abuse and the caging of undocumented people in the greater Tampa community. Chuck has earned his wealth through leasing property to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as well as other border control offices.”
And the harassment campaign didn’t stop there.
On Thursday morning, Prather woke up to find more posters plastered around his home, and the words “EVICT ICE” spray painted on the sidewalk.
Protesters also spray painted 'EVICT ICE' outside Chuck Prather's house. (Courtesy of Chuck Prather)
“This is all about ICE. This is nothing about me being a predator, which I am not,” he said.
Surveillance photos, provided to Fox News, from outside the Birchwood Inn show two people putting up the posters.
Surveillance footage from outside the Birchwood Inn, owned by Chuck Prather, shows two people posting the fliers. (Courtesy of Chuck Prather)
“It’s horrifying,” Prather said. “I have 175 employees. They are completely innocent [and] their livelihoods are being targeted.”
The U.S. government – not ICE, specifically – has leased the building complex from Prather since 1997, and he said he hasn't had any problems until the protests began last month. He said a few weeks ago he had to pay $10,000 to repair damage to the Tampa building caused by vandals.
A spokeswoman for the St. Petersburg Police Department told Fox News on Thursday officials are looking at surveillance footage to figure out if any laws have be broken, adding freedom of speech is at play in the determination.
Prather said he is looking at all legal avenues available to him.
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08-23-2018, 06:11 PM #2
These activists seldom meet the needed repercussions for their disrespectful if not unlawful activities. Law enforcement in certain communities who are opposed to the president give space for too much mischief, too.
First amendment, free speech does not include littering and vandalism, etc. What a shame that we have so many individuals that are simply malicious and willing to do whatever it takes it seems to force people to cower and to support their radical demands.
Illegal immigration ihas brought us more than lawlessness. The brakes should be immediately applied. Too many coming in and not enough going out. All agencies and government departments should be scouring their records to identify illegal aliens to charge with identity theft, fraud, other crimes, and then deport.Last edited by GeorgiaPeach; 08-23-2018 at 06:17 PM.
Matthew 19:26
But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
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08-23-2018, 06:31 PM #3
First amendment also does not include the blocking of streets, assault of Police or the general public, but we see it happening over and over again, with little to no repercussions.
You are exactly right, their goal is to force people to cower and to support their radical demands, and they will not STOP until they are STOPPED!You've got to Stand for Something or You'll Fall for Anything
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08-23-2018, 07:05 PM #4
These people need to be arrested and given a ticket! $500 bucks minimum!
ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL
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