Reedley officials prepare for upcoming protests at high school

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Most radical are getting acceptable for Halloween to arrive, but immoderate parents successful Reedley volition person to interest astir much than conscionable their kids' candy.

On Oct. 31, the Westboro Baptist Church volition clasp a objection extracurricular of Reedley High School, protesting 2 clubs astatine the school. Back connected Oct. 3, the City of Reedley received a fax from the religion astir their intentions to clasp a nationalist demonstration.

This is the aforesaid radical readying a objection successful beforehand of Roosevelt High School successful Fresno connected Oct. 28.

“We truly were scratching our heads. Why Reedley? We inactive don't person an reply to that question,” said Reedley City Manager Nicole Zieba.

Questions are inactive unanswered aft the City of Reedley received a fax from the Westboro Baptist Church with plans to clasp a nationalist objection and spiritual work extracurricular of Reedley High School connected Halloween from 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m.

“They are protesting 2 peculiar clubs connected campus. The Gay-Straight Alliance and the Catholics successful Action Club. Our knowing is they judge those to beryllium mendacious religion and thing that they protestation against,” Zieba said.

The religion did corroborate its visits to Fresno and Reedley, saying, “We bring the gospel of our lord Jesus Christ, preaching to each creature, truthful that successful the time of judgment, which is upon this nation, arsenic successful her destruction, determination volition beryllium nary that tin accidental I did not know.”

“I cognize members of our assemblage are apt upset astir Westboro Baptist Church coming with what tin beryllium truly incendiary rhetoric. However, the Constitution guarantees each of us, each of america Americans, the close to escaped code and peaceable assembly,” Zieba said.

Reedley volition guarantee Halloween is disconnected to a creaseless start.

“We person been coordinating with different instrumentality enforcement agencies arsenic good arsenic and chiefly the schoolhouse district, truthful that we tin guarantee that parents and kids are harmless arsenic they spell to school,” Zieba said.

Zieba says that she expects galore counter-protesters to get successful beforehand of the precocious schoolhouse travel the greeting of Halloween.