Posted on 11/12/2015 6:31:43 AM PST by rktman
We've all seen demonstrations over the years where protesters burn the American flag while police stand helplessly by. I know a couple of cops who have told me they wept in frustration at being unable to rescue the flag for being desecrated.
On Tuesday night outside the venue in Milwaukee where the GOP debate was being held, several hundred demontrators engaged in a partisan protest against Republicans. A few of the demonstrators set fire to the American flag, at which point, Milwaukee police officers moved in, extinguished the fire consuming the flag, and then did something quite unexpected; they reverently folded the flag showing the proper respect for the damaged standard.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Rick Monday would have been proud.
Cops should have given hickory shampoos to all involved.
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