"Dark Lord" Cops To Urinating On, Burning Bible

[rug]

Arizonan, 22, busted wearing pentagram necklace, black robe

AUGUST 29--An Arizona man wearing a pentagram necklace and calling himself the “Dark Lord” was arrested yesterday after allegedly setting fire to a Bible and then urinating on it outside of a rescue mission, cops report.

Prescott Police Department officers were summoned to the Gospel Rescue Mission around 9 PM by a worker who reported that “a man was burning something on the front step of the mission.”

When cops arrived, they encountered Eric Minerault, 22, standing on the mission’s steps. “He was dressed in black and was wearing a long, black and red robe and a pentagram necklace,” reported police, who added, “The officers noticed a Bible, which was wet and appeared to have been burnt, on the ground near Mr. Minerault.”



During questioning, Minerault reportedly copped to burning and urinating on the Bible. While “cursing the Christians,” Minerault said that he chose the mission for the Good Book burning because he believed it was a “place of Christian worship.”

http://thesmokinggun.com/documents/caped-man-burns-Bible-687342

Such a hateful book.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. What a fuckin' little charmer.

As a pagan-sympathizer, I take some small comfort in the fact that he's wearing that pentagram with 2 points up, thus making it a Satanist symbol.

[rug]

4. Looks like a Meth Lord.

[MADem]

2. Is that grandma's robe he's got on?

She's been lookin' fer that fer weeks, now!



What a loser, you'd think he'd have gotten most of that "pointless rebellion" shit out of his system before he reached the full age of majority. Dark Lord? More like DORK Lord, wearing granny's robe like that!!

I find the charge of "unlawful symbol burning" odd, though. Why not just bag him for starting a fire without a permit, public urination/indecent exposure, and trespassing?

I mean, I'm sure he would have been "just as arrested" if he was pissing on the dictionary or a copy of "Highlights for Children."

[rug]

6. Hemant Mehta, as usual, has the answer. And an update.

In case, like me, you were wondering how burning a symbol was a crime, this particular state law only applies when you’re burning a symbol on someone else’s property without their permission and with the intent to intimidate others. Makes sense.

What he did was stupid, whatever his reasons were. It’s one thing to desecrate a symbol in protest; it’s another to damage church property in the process.

Minerault didn’t immediately respond to my requests for comment. I’ve also reached out to the Mission to find out if there was any property damage and if they needed any help.

***Update***: A Mission official told me (via email): “the young man was never able to light the fire he wanted so there is no damage or need for clean up.” Glad to hear that.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/08/29/man-claiming-to-be-the-dark-lord-arrested-for-burning-up-and-urinating-on-a-bible-on-church-property/

Here's the statute:

http://www.arizonacrimelaws.com/13_1708.htm

[cbayer]

3. He is most likely unwell.

I hope they are able to have him assessed and not just held in jail.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. My snark above notwithstanding, I imagine you're right.

One could even make a guess or two about the Dx, but I won't.

[cbayer]

7. I would suspect that he had some history with this mission.

Underneath this, I imagine there is a tragic story.

[catbyte]

8. That pentagram necklace looks like my old "Junior Sheriff" badge, lol

Pentagrams aren't Satanist, anyway, are they? And that robe,

[okasha]

9. Worn single-point-up, the pentagram is Pagan.

[47of74]

10. Dark Lord?

This is a Dark Lord...



The guy shown above needs to try again.

[okasha]

11. Nah, even he's an amateur.

Three rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie.
One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them,
One ring to bring them all, and in the Darkness bind them,
In the land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie.

[MisterP]

12. no "helpless little carpet-tinkler" he