Governor Ricketts's BFF Punches a Woman in the Face

You may not know Patrick Castle by name, but you are certainly familiar with his “work”. He is the leader of “Life Runners“, an evangelical anti-abortion group that helps Governor Ricketts, Senator Joni Albrecht, Senator Suzanne Geist, and all the other misogynists to get their anti-abortion bills passed. You’ve seen their ridiculous “protect the unborn” signs everywhere. Patrick Castle is also a violent extremist who assaults women at rallies and outside of abortion clinics. This is a case where everyone knows this guy is increasingly violent and out of control, and the cops refusal to put any check on him, despite multiple documented assaults, is inevitably going to lead to tragedy. In his most violent and unhinged attack yet, on September 25, 2020, while outside the CARE Clinic in Bellevue, he asked his wife to start filming, and then he brutally assaulted a CARE Clinic volunteer while loudly saying that she broke his sign. Warning: the video at that link is extremely difficult to watch.

As reported by Marie Claire magazine, Patrick Castle stands outside the CARE Clinic in Bellevue Nebraska every week to harass patrons, staff, and volunteers. He wears a vest he had made to look exactly like the CARE volunteer vests and diverts people trying to get to the clinic for care by telling them he is a doctor and asking what time their appointment is. Sometimes he has someone in scrubs with him to complete the façade. He even goes so far as to climb into clients’ cars. He then takes them to his own anti-abortion clinic nearby and lies to them about a variety of things, including how far along they are in their pregnancy. The Bellevue Police are aware of this and say there’s nothing they can do about it because he really is a doctor so he is not lying.

Patrick Castle and his violent outbursts are well known to anyone who fights for reproductive rights. Two years ago, there was a rally in the rotunda for Senator Joni Albrecht’s LB209, AKA the Lie to Women Bill. This rally was attended by both anti-abortionists and normal people who don’t think they own other people’s bodies. While standing in a balcony above the rotunda with a sign, one of the members of B.ON.E.R. K.I.L.L. Nebraska was assaulted by Patrick Castle as he physically pushed her around to get in front of her to hold up his own deranged sign and block hers. This was not just one shove, his physical harassment went on for minutes. Pete’s State Patrol did nothing.

After the rally in the rotunda, these same Boner Kill members were denied entry to the bill signing and presser that they had previously been told by Senator Geist’s office was public. As they were being detained outside Pete’s presser room by the State Patrol, Patrick and his anti-abortion devotees were ushered past them right into the room.

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