Off-duty COP pulls GUN on pro-life counselor in Aurora, IL

This morning, Rachelle Crile, one of our most committed sidewalk counselors, was threatened by an off duty Chicago police officer who pointed his gun at her from inside his minivan.

Rachelle had been counseling in the bitter cold and was warming up in her car when the man and his female passenger pulled into the Blockbuster lot nearby her car.

Somehow Rachelle knew they were headed to Planned Parenthood and after praying about it, she peacefully approached the car with literature. When she reached the driver's window, he pointed a gun at her, and she backed away with her hands up.

The couple then drove into the Planned Parenthood lot, and Rachelle called the police. Then sidewalk counselor Marie Sulita called me, and I rushed out there.

There were about eight police cars there when I arrived, and then several reporters showed up. Despite being shaken up, Rachelle courageously spoke to the press -- taking the opportunity to explain the life-saving mission of sidewalk counseling.

The police discovered that the man is a Chicago police officer, and there was indeed a gun in his car. But he claims he was only showing Rachelle his badge! Outrageous.

A police report was filed, but no charges. Rachelle will be following up with the DuPage County state's attorney -- I'll let you know about any developments.

You can learn more about the incident at the Pro-Life Action League website, and get links to some of the news stories about it, here:

http://prolifeaction.org/#gun


--- HOW YOU CAN HELP ---

This is a scary thing to happen, especially only a few months after pro-life activist Jim Pouillion was shot and killed in Michigan.
But there are three things you can do to help:

1. PRAY for Rachelle and her husband Jim. This has been a
really tough day for them.

2. PRAY that people will not be frightened away from clinic
witness. Such incidents are extremely rare, and we need to
keep our witness at the abortuaries strong.

3. HELP the Pro-Life Action League with a gift towards
training more great sidewalk counselors like Rachelle:

http://prolifeaction.org/donations?m=e&c=sidewalk

As Rachelle told the reporters this morning, the violence of abortion begets more violence. It's really no wonder that a man bent on seeing his own unborn child killed would pull a gun on a pro-life counselor.

The true wonder is that God keeps calling forth brave Christians like Rachelle to confront this violence with the healing of Christ's boundless love and forgiveness. God bless her.

Yours for Life,
-- Eric

Eric Scheidler
Executive Director
Pro-Life Action League

Tel: 630-896-1200
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Pro-Life Action League
6160 N Cicero Ave, Ste 600
Chicago, IL 60646, USA