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Did Westboro Baptist Church Just Get Arrested in Oklahoma?

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Dozens of people are tweeting, retweeting — and celebrating — that members of the hateful Westboro Baptist Church have been arrested in Oklahoma, where they were planning to protest to funeral of 9-year-old tornado victim Nicolas McCabe.

However, an LGBT rights group suggests the arrest was not of Westboro members:

That tweet is drowned out by claims to the contrary, including this “confirmation”:

Two years ago Oklahoma passed a bill specifically targeting Westboro’s funeral protests, barring protests within 1,000 feet of a funeral. But this tweeter claims a new law was passed yesterday:

Many are citing the lack of a permit, but again this has not been verified:

This person mocks Westboro’s history of litigious action:

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Dozens of people are tweeting that members of the hateful Westboro Baptist Church have been arrested in Oklahoma, where they were planning to protest to funeral of 9-year-old tornado victim Nicolas McCabe.