Windy City Gazette –Â Krystle Campbell, the 29 year old woman killed in the Boston Marathon bombing, is scheduled to be laid to rest Monday morning. Westboro Baptist, the church known for picketing soldiers and other high profile funerals, has stated they will be protesting from 9:15 a.
m. until 10:00 a.m. at her funeral.
A local Boston union has decided that this won’t happen without their presence being known. Teamsters Local 25, which represents over 11,000 men and women in the area, were contacted by some local concerned citizens.
Sean O’Brien, president of the local, asked all off-duty Teamsters to participate, releasing this statement:
Teamsters Local 25 will be out in full force tomorrow morning at St. Joseph’s Church in Medford to form a human shield and block the Westboro Baptist Church from protesting the funeral of Krystle Campbell. The Campbell family and friends have already endured immeasurable amounts of heartache and tragedy this week, and deserve a peaceful funeral with time to grieve privately.
Westboro Baptist Church should understand that we will go to great lengths to make sure they don’t protest any funerals of the victims of the past week’s tragedies, and that those we lost receive a proper burial.Â
Krystle’s funeral is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. in Medford.
Source:Â http://windycitygazette.com/us—world-news4-16-4-22-13.html
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