In Baltimore, apparently, you can beat two elderly men until one of them is blind in one eye, shatter bones, leave them bloodied on the sidewalk, and still avoid setting foot in a jail cell. That’s not hyperbole. That’s exactly what just happened.
The attacker, 28-year-old Patrick Brice, walked out of court Thursday with nothing more than one year of home detention and three years of probation. No prison time. No “strong message of deterrence.” Just the Baltimore special: a slap on the wrist and a promise not to hang around abortion clinics again.
Patrick Brice, the man who beat up two elderly pro-life people at a Planned Parenthood – is serving ZERO time behind bars due to a liberal Baltimore Judge Yvette Bryant.
DEMOCRATS ARE THE PARTY OF LAWLESSNESS! https://t.co/gMa9OdBYEm pic.twitter.com/InjnaszBS6
— Tom Slocum for Texas 🇺🇸 (@slocumfortexas) August 8, 2025
The victims? Mark Crosby, 73, and Richard Schaefer, 84 — two pro-life advocates who have spent years outside Baltimore’s Planned Parenthood, trying to persuade women to choose life. The day of the attack, May 26, 2023, Brice tackled Schaefer into a potted plant, then turned on Crosby, straddling him, punching him in the face, and kicking him in the head like a football. The surveillance video is as bad as it sounds.
Crosby’s injuries weren’t minor. Fractured facial bone. Two broken fingers. Photophobia so severe he has to keep one eye covered on sunny days. Permanent damage. But in Baltimore’s justice system — under Judge Yvette M. Bryant, an Obama appointee — that’s worth, at most, some ankle monitor time.
State prosecutors wanted 10 years in prison. The judge gave him permission to go to work. And for anyone wondering whether this is about politics: Crosby doesn’t have to wonder. “Judges do not like pro-lifers,” he said after sentencing. “They don’t like us saving babies.”
Circuit Judge Yvette M. Bryant should be disbarred and stripped of her position. Patrick Brice beat two elderly people so severely they suffered permanent damage and were hospitalized. He will serve no jail time.https://t.co/qRg9vjDUHh
— Passing Time (@_Qaphsiel) August 8, 2025
This is the same Baltimore where violent offenders regularly get leniency, where being a “victim of circumstance” seems to outweigh being the perpetrator of violence. Brice’s defense argued he just “snapped” after allegedly hearing a racially charged comment. He wasn’t an abortion activist, they insisted — as if that erases the fact that he stomped an elderly man’s head on a public sidewalk.
The judge even acquitted Brice of first-degree assault, despite prosecutors laying out what they called a textbook case. Defense claimed he’s already suffered enough — lost jobs, lost a relationship — as though that evens out blinding a 73-year-old.
You can guess the reaction from the pro-life side. Crosby and Schaefer say they’ll be right back outside that Planned Parenthood, crucifixes and pamphlets in hand, undeterred. Crosby even believes this was a hate crime, pointing out that Brice ripped a crucifix off his neck and tossed it away. Brice denies hating Christians — but the video and the aftermath speak for themselves.
And here’s the part that sticks: in today’s America, if you’re assaulted for being pro-life, the justice system treats it like a neighborhood squabble. Imagine if the roles were reversed — if two elderly abortion-rights volunteers were beaten unconscious outside a crisis pregnancy center. Does anyone seriously believe the attacker would be home watching Netflix tonight instead of sitting in a cell?
Baltimore’s message is clear: some victims matter more than others, and some violence isn’t worth punishing — depending on who you are and what you stand for. That should infuriate every American who still thinks the law is supposed to apply equally. Instead, it’s just one more reminder that in certain cities, “justice” now comes with an asterisk.
