Just ask this Tennessee woman who claims she was just praising the Lord, although at high
volume, when she received a citation accusing her of violating the
city's noise ordinance. She later was arrested by police on a disorderly
conduct charge.
Fifty-four-year-old Betty Jones said that her routine every Sunday includes five hours of praising and
dancing, while she listens to music by Johnny Cash, Randy Travis, Alan
Jackson and The Judds
But neighbors in Bristol complained about
loud music, so police showed up on May 27, a Sunday. A police report
says officers helped her lower her stereo's base and warned her. But
officers say they
came back less than two hours later being called
again.
This, time they cited her under the city's noise ordinance, and Jones tells the station she gave the officers a message too.
"Randy
Travis was singing `I'm going home to pray to God tonight and hopefully
he'll forgive my sins.' I looked at that officer and said `you better
go home tonight and pray for your sins because that's what Randy is
telling you," she said. "That's the gospel truth. Randy Travis told that
man to go home and pray."
After more neighborhood complaints,
officers went back May 28 and arrested Jones after she concedes that she
was "going off and cussing." Still, she says she should have the right
to praise God in her own home.
She was charged with disorderly conduct and violating the noise ordinance. She spent the night in jail.
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