OSA-Wichita Calls on City for Protection from Tiller's Security Guards

OSA-Wichita Calls on City for Protection from Tiller's Security Guards

Today Judge Lindspaun dismissed the case against John Rayburn, Tiller's security guard, because of the city's negligence in keeping track of the days necessary to counter the motion of a speedy trial.  This is very disconcerting.  Not only do we feel the city is complicit in putting the pro-lifer's in danger, but it appears it could have been avoided with some due diligence.

To refresh your memory, on Saturday, May 29th, 2004 John Rayburn, Tiller's security guard decided to take the law into his own hands and put on his bullet proof vest and entered the city street where many police officers were and stormed down to the north intersection and assaulted Maruice Gray by pulling out his asp and holding mace about 3 inches from his eye, minutes later he battered Pastor Mark Holick which we have completely on tape. He used his asp, mace and shoved Pastor Mark several feet. Because he was never reprimanded by the WPD he later got into a truck and began to use it as a weapon to run down men and children.

In the last 2 weeks another employee of John Rayburn, Carl Sweeney threatened to shoot two different pro-life people at Tiller's.  That is in addition to the report I filed with you about the March 9th altercation involving John Rayburn threatening bodily harm at the gate and on the same day that 40 children were attending Jesus Loves the Little Children Day.

We are concerned that this action by the Judge and the city will inhibit Christian expression of Religion.  If our rights are violated we have no recourse but to pursue all legal options to protect ourselves.

We are reporting, requesting, help from the City of Wichita to protect the citizens who have been faithfully praying at Tiller's for almost 14 years.  We believe this case should have gone to trial, but the fact that it did not does not negate that this man is dangerous and is obviously training his employees in a similar fashion.  Now we are formally asking you to suspend his license based on the video tape that we have and the witnesses of these other incidents. You have the power to issue the Security Guard his license, now we're asking you to use your power to revoke his license.  We will hold you responsible for their behavior since you issue the license.

Thank you,
Donna Lippoldt