Parishioners expressed their unwavering support for Pfleger with standing ovations, exclamations and worship. Pfleger took multiple opportunities throughout the nearly three-hour-long service to thank his supporters, including his attorneys and director Spike Lee, who were in the pews. After the service, Pfleger greeted parishioners on the church’s steps, at one point comforting a woman, saying, “Don’t be angry anymore. It’s all over.”
