“Emergency crews have responded at least twice since a ‘Homeless Jesus’ statue was set up about a month ago in front of First Lutheran Church in downtown Fargo,” Ethan Nelson reports. The display, which shows a robed figure laying prone on a park bench, causes some people to call 911 fearing that it’s a real…
After Milking Island Park Lurker Controversy For Clicks Fargo Forum Editor Questions Outrage
On Thursday night I spoke by phone to Kirk Ludwig and he told me I had made his mother cry. He was referring to a television segment I had with Chris Berg this last week in which I defended him. He said his mother was happy because I was the only one defending him even…
On Television: Fargo Residents Choose Facebook Over Police To Deal With Scary Man In The Park
Last night on 6:30 Point of View with Chris Berg we discussed the story of Kirk Ludwig, a man who was pilloried on social media after one user, Fargo resident Jed Felix, caught him taking pictures near the city’s Island Park pool area. The more I think about the story, the more I believe that…
Fargo Park District's Ban Of Island Park Lurker May Be Unconstitutional
“Officials have wide latitude in banning people from public property,” the headline reads for the Fargo Forum’s Archie Ingersoll article about the lurker at Fargo’s Island Park. That man, now identified by police as 37 year old Kirk Ludwig, understandably concerned some people by hanging out near the park’s pool surreptitiously taking pictures of people at the pool.…