Duante Newton was acquitted Thursday in a jury trial for allegedly violating a noise ordinance by preaching on the streets of Fort Worth.
Newton was issued a citation for disturbing the peace and unnecessary noise on September 15, 2023. He was giving testimony at the Fort Worth Stockyards about what had brought him to Jesus, according to an Instagram post by Rosalie Escobedo, the executive director of the Tarrant County branch of Citizens Defending Freedom.
According to Escobedo, Newton had just completed his final day of a weeklong evangelical training with the organization Christ for All Nations in the Fort Worth Stockyards. Using a megaphone, which Escobedo alleges was below 70 decibels, Newton was preaching and giving testimony on a public sidewalk when he was confronted by an employee working in the Stockyards. The employee purportedly told Newton and the group he was with that their activities belonged inside a church and proceeded to call the police. The police issued Newton a citation.
The Dallas Express attended Newton’s jury trial on Thursday. […]
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