6 times conservatives were killed, shot or beaten by radical leftists over their beliefs

5. Mark Crosby and Dick Schaefer

On May 26, 2023, as they prayed outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Baltimore, Maryland, elder pro-life activists Mark Crosby and Dick Schaefer were brutally beaten. An account of the attack posted on Facebook outlined how an “angry man” approached the pro-life activists and assaulted them. 

“As Dick’s back was turned, he lifted Dick off the ground and threw him into the plate glass window. Dick fell, knocking over a large planter and striking his head, losing [consciousness] temporarily,” the Facebook post noted.

“Mark came to Dick’s aid. As he approached, the attacker then turned on Mark, punching him in the face. Mark fell to the ground. The assailant then kicked Mark in the head.” 

An image shared by Baltimore County Right to Life showed Crosby with a severely swollen right eye as well as a bloody face and T-shirt. Crosby’s injuries required treatment at a hospital. 

More than a year after the attack, 28-year-old Patrick Brice was arrested. Earlier this year, a jury convicted Brice of two counts of second-degree assault and two counts of reckless endangerment. 

The American Center for Law and Justice, which has represented the pro-life activists throughout the litigation surrounding their assault, reported last month that Judge Yvette Bryant sentenced Brice to “one year of home detention, three years of probation, and mandatory anger management and therapy.” The legal organization decried Bryant’s decision as a “travesty of justice.”