End of Days?
March 2, 2009
Just another Sunday in Los Angeles: Around 8 a.m., a naked man climbs atop a cross on the roof of a Korean American church, 50 feet above a busy street, and threatens to jump (photos). While perched on the cross, the man defecates and smears feces on himself and the cross (vid). SWAT is called. After more than seven hours, cops coax the man down and take him away. The yet unidentified man reportedly told police he was making a statement against Christianity. He was arrested and charged with defacing a church—a felony. The West Bethel Presbyterian Church, at the corner of 9th St. and La Brea Ave., is located in a building that once housed the Toho La Brea Theatre, which screened Japanese movies from the 1950s through the ’70s. Questions remain: Did the cross-sitter target Korean American Christians? Who’s gonna clean that mess? Are these the end of days?
