A pro-abortion man has been found guilty of violently assaulting two pro-life advocates outside of a Planned Parenthood abortion mill.
On May 26, 2023, Patrick Brice attacked two pro-life activists — 84-year-old Richard Schaefer and 73-year-old Mark Crosby. Surveillance footage shows Brice approaching the peaceful, elderly pro-life protesters while they were praying on the sidewalk outside of the Planned Parenthood Baltimore Health Center on North Howard Street. Brice and Schaefer were seen speaking briefly, then Brice appears to begin to walk away before turning around and tackling the elderly man into a flowerpot. Crosby then runs over to assist, but is tackled by Brice, who begins assaulting him as well — punching and kicking the elderly man in the face before fleeing the scene, leaving him severely injured.
Two pro-lifers were viciously attacked over the weekend while sidewalk counseling in front of a Planned Parenthood abortion facility in Baltimore, Maryland. pic.twitter.com/nJ08YnoqTa
— Students for Life of America | Pro-Life Gen (@StudentsforLife) May 30, 2023
Schaefer initially refused medical attention at the scene, but testified that he later went to an urgent care facility after realizing that his head was still bleeding. He still reportedly suffers from pain in one of his shoulders to this day.
“It seems like I was attacked on a city street not doing any harm to people,” Schaefer testified.
Meanwhile, Crosby spent three days at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center following the assault and has had to return to the emergency room twice since then. According to his testimony, Crosby suffered an orbital fracture and still experiences blurred vision, sensitivity to light in one eye, and a foreign body sensation.
“I have to watch my back all the time,” Crosby testified. “Always aware of who’s around me.”
Brice was found guilty on February 6 of two counts of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment for the attacks. The 28-year-old pro-abortion attacker never denied that he was guilty of assaulting the two elderly men throughout the trial, but insisted that he did not intend to seriously hurt them.
However, jurors acquitted Brice for one count of first-degree assault for the attack on Schaefer and could not reach a unanimous verdict on one count of first-degree assault for Crosby.
“Assistant Public Defender Matthew Connell, Brice’s attorney, said his client did not intend to cause serious physical injury, which is needed to support a conviction for first-degree assault,” a report states.
It is unclear whether prosecutors plan to retry Brice for the first-degree assault on Crosby, but Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office spokesman James Bently released a statement noting that they are “reviewing the matter and will take whatever action we believe is warranted following that review and consultation with the victim.”
Brice will be sentenced on March 20.
