@evergreen It sounds like the police didn't want to bother themselves with arresting this man and filling in all the associated paperwork. Look at these definitions of harassment and it seems strange that the police did not know it, or weren't interested in upholding the law.

A person is guilty of harassment in the first degree when he or she intentionally and repeatedly harasses another person by following such person in or about a public place or places or by engaging in a course of conduct or by repeatedly committing acts which places such person in reasonable fear of physical injury.

A person is guilty of harassment in the second degree when, with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another person:He or she engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts which alarm or seriously annoy such other person and which serve no legitimate purpose.

Hopefully, it won't happen again but if it does, and the police are called, it might prove useful to point out these legal definitions to the policeman if they claim that this man has a right to free speech. Putting people in fear is, I think, a fairly standard offence in most civilised countries.

That was you on the bike! You should have introduced yourself. Still got some hats left if you want one

If it was me I would have rode my bike up to him, stopped and just revved it up every time he spoke.

He is clearly mentally ill. Some observations.

1. If we had some ways of regulating the access to firearms such that a mentally ill person will not be able to procure them so easily, that would be too logical for us to institute.
2. Instead of injuring them, or shooting them in self-defense, if there was some social safety network that would treat and take care of members of our community that suffer from mental illness.
3. Finally, unless it is a speech that substantially threatens another, simply being obnoxious can't be prohibited, unless there are other actions involved. For example, he could stand there all they and ACCUSE us of being baby-killers. But he can't say, "I will beat you up because you are a baby-killer."

It's awesome to be 100 and riding a motorcycle.

UU churches get targeted often by those kind of nuts, because they have the rep of being very lefty and LGBT supportive. The threat of violence is very real as a few of them have been shot up. From what I've heard, most of them now have security plans in place for that kind of problem, but none of them would ever actually have armed guards, which I think is kind of naive these days, but the churches are too hard core pacifist to take that step.

The other posters are right, calling the cops is going to be too late to save everybody if the nut has weapons or a bomb. There comes a time when a group needs to protect themselves, tho that can be hard to decide.

That nutcase is still haunted by the blowjob he gave 20 years ago.

This is the best way to deal. Got any musicians in your congregation?

If he did return with a gun, it would be better to have a friend around with a gun that knows how to use it. By the time police arrive it's too late.

If he's out there again, go meditate in front of him.

I have found the more people categorize issues as B & W the more ignorant and brainwashed they are. Carrying a gun and using it is a real possibility. Don't you dare kill babies but grown-up people is all right to them.

So, how do you kill babies? You never explained that part. Personally I like to cook and eat them, but to each their own.

The only thing that will stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun! #ConservativeLogic
So, ya know, shoot him before he shoots you! Take it back to the wild fucking west days!

You should be afraid. The righteous have little or no concern for contrary opinion when they meet out their justice.

What the actual heck, even unruly protesters get arrested, them cops are being lazy

One of the advantages to accrue when one finally cuts the umbilical and is no longer exposed to such nonsense, unless one deliberately places oneself in such a position.

Think I would recruit a few others who also ride bikes very loud mufflers keep them idling just up wind from this ass-wipe.

I'd say he had a couple of screws loose.

He wants publicity. I'd take pictures and post them. He, no doubt, bragged to his friend (s?) what he was up to. Shine a light on the cockroach.

Oh, and if he wants to be really loud and obnoxious, freon horns are, too, and they're cheap.