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May 4, 2011

Koran burning Rev. Jones elicits response from 500 counter-protestors -May 4, 2011 he is still at it...

 



Jones elicits response from counter-protestors

After breaching the barricades on the north side of Michigan Avenue the crowd of counter-demonstrators pushes against those blocking access to the Pastor Terry Jones supporters after Jones taunted them Friday at Dearborn City Hall.(Photo by Millard Berry/P&G)

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DEARBORN — Qur'an-burning Pastor Terry Jones finally got to protest here Friday and although the violence predicted by several government officials never materialized, there were moments when a full-on riot looked imminent.

Jones and his assistant Wayne Sapp took turns for about an hour at the top step of City Hall, addressing a hundred or so supporters and as many as 500 counter-demonstrators that showed up.

Speaking through a muffled public address system that was often drowned out by the chants of counter-demonstrators, car horns and a low-flying Michigan State Police helicopter, the men preached their message of the U.S. Constitution over Shari'a, or Islamic, law.

Much of their speeches had a Crusades vibe to it, with both men interspersing words of the Gospel with grave warnings about spreading radical Islam in Europe and the danger of it happening in the Unit

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