Posted on 05/28/2007 5:06:49 PM PDT by TFFKAMM
(05-28) 15:58 PDT ORCAS ISLAND, Wash. (AP) --
Vandals burned dozens of small American flags that decorated veterans' graves for Memorial Day and replaced many of them with hand-drawn swastikas, authorities said Monday.
Forty-six flags were burned completely and another 33 were found in charred tatters Sunday in the cemetery, authorities said. Swastikas drawn on paper appeared where 14 of the flags had been.
Members of the American Legion on this island off Washington's northwest coast replaced the burned flags with new ones Sunday afternoon.
The vandals repeated the stunt on Memorial Day after a guard left at dawn, the San Juan County sheriff's office said. This time, the vandals left 33 of the hand-drawn swastikas.
"This is not an act of free speech. This is a crime," Sheriff Bill Cumming said in a statement released Monday afternoon.
Sheriff's department officials declined to comment further on Monday.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Sicko Pinko Ping.
Haul in all registered Democrats as suspects.
Behold, what Bay area tolerance hath wroth...
Disgusting. Sounds like Code Pink’s handiwork.
This is pretty sick, folks.
See, these cowards had to do this secretly, COME ON OUT OF HIDING AND SHOW YOUR FACES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! I’m not surprised, San Francisco.
Actually, it’s in Washington State. Orcas Island is about two hours by boat from Seattle, right near the national border with Canada.
I cannot repeat on here what I just said out loud when I read this.
Happened up in my neck of the woods (Orca's Island, WA).
This crap REALLY pi**es me off. I have uncles who fought against that flag and lost friends doing so. I wanna smash some skulls.
Oops. Well, liberal tolerance is liberal tolerance and Seattle has it’s share of left-wing loons.
These sick ingrateful B@st@rds need to be hunted down. Many Vets gave their lives so these punks could have a choice in life but this is not a “choice” it is Wanton and Willfull destruction and desecration.
Punks like this destroyed a Memorial to all veterans only days ago.
Same here. If I typed my first reaction, I would be banned with all due speed.
Damn cowards.
A good beating, to those who have it coming !
To self. A memorial in Beaville Texas
>> “This is not an act of free speech. This is a crime,” Sheriff Bill Cumming said in a statement released Monday afternoon.
Sheriff’s department officials declined to comment further on Monday.<<
Crime? Yes.
Hate crime? Yeah but prosecuting it as a regular is better.
The SF Chronicle calls this a “stunt”? That’s not what I’d choose to call it.
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