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any update on this? they let this guy go? If they do charge him with something, I'd love to see how that court case goes.

edit: well, i googled it. Apparently he was released after 4 hours and they charged him with "lighting a fire in a park".

Maybe he prefers to warm up his flags before eating them, I'm sure Zoidberg would agree 👍

I'm going to do the same thing, but with a pride flag.

There shouldn't be any penalties for burning any flags of any kind. Freedom of speech is more important than any symbol.

He should have respected the flag, like making it black and white except one of the strips is blue. Or by putting it on an article of clothing like underwear so the flag can literally go up your butt. You know, "respect".

/s

Within the last day or so -

Burning the flag, renaming DOD to Dept. of War, trying again to deport Kilmar Abrego, signaling they’re going to ban the COVID-19 vaccine, and attempting to sue California to prevent their redistricting while allowing Texas’ to proceed.

Is this more of the gish-gallop that Bannon described that they’re pulling to overwhelm the news cycle so that a few of the bullshit things they’re pulling don’t get overturned, or are they specifically looking to push out some stories, like Trump’s obvious failing health, Epstein-related stories (inclusive of the latest on Gislaine), or possibly the redistricting one above.

Ugh. They’re up to more bullshit than usual, but the signal to noise ratio makes it hard to discern what.

This is well-established law. A decision made by SCOTUS.

Texas v. Johnson

Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that burning the Flag of the United States was protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as doing so counts as symbolic speech and political speech.

So this is absolutely pathetic of the Trump administration. These charges have no chance of sticking. It's just authoritarian bullying.

“How dare you exercise a constitutionally protected, right!“

– Trump, right before he deports this person, their entire family, and anyone who ever knew them

Isn’t proper flag code to burn an American flag to retire it after it’s become tattered enough not to be a symbol of the US anymore?

Inciting a riot? I dont think Trump is on any leg to make that accusation

Burning the US flag is like the one thing everyone, all over the world, agrees is great, why do you have to be weird

Didn't we already have a supreme court case about this? Oh, right, we did. The arrogance of an executive order imposing intent of speech is just one more line of idiocy in the annals of this period.

I'm reminded of this bit on just wearing the flag

“You’re not going to get arrested for being in violation of the flag code. There’s no flag police,” Leepson says.

Later, the Supreme Court said 1974 that flag wearing was free speech, and in 1989 that flag burning was also free speech.

Ahhh.... simpler times.

If I see someone burning a flag, is it okay to pee on it to put it out?

Desperation is a stinky cologne John

We should all be joining him.. They going arrest millions of us? We neee to treat this like the No Kings Day. This shit is beyond unconstitutional. I wonder if Trump is trying to get that overturned? Womder what his SCOTUS will do with this one?

So much for respecting the flag code

Link to article?