Police: Man ‘Freaked Out’ Seeing Confederate Flag Displayed In Hotel Window [trunc]

CBS Philly ^ | May 1, 2017

[rightwingintelligentsia]

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (CBS/AP) — A man has been cited for disorderly conduct after police say he “freaked out” when he saw a Confederate flag displayed in a Pennsylvania hotel window as part of a Civil War-themed wedding.

The (Easton) Express-Times says police charged the man with making the disturbance at the Hotel Bethlehem on Saturday. His name wasn’t immediately released.

Police Chief Mark DiLuzio says the man was cited for “freaking out, screaming and yelling” and creating a “very aggressive and disorderly scene.”

The flag was flown next to an American flag. The couple met during a Civil War re-enactment and their wedding followed that theme, with people in period uniforms and dresses.

The chief says the couple “just wanted their theme to be of the Civil War era. There was no political message.”

[the OlLine Rebel]

Lots of choices in VA at a DinosaurLand roadside tourist trap.

And yes, near my uncle’s dirt-road mountaintop farm in Maine hinterlands going toward my dad’s hometown, some person has a bunch of this stuff, including very prominent Battle Flag hanging on his house walls. In Maine.

[the OlLine Rebel]

So are you in MD or SC?

[NorthMountain]

When officers arrived, the man continued shouting obscenities, ignored commands to stop and had to be carried away, DiLuzio said.

And this is why the "rubber room" was invented.

[the OlLine Rebel]

The excerpt was enough for me.

[miss marmelstein]

I vacation in Maine every year. I always see a Confederate flag outside of some house - usually one of those “Beene” (and NOT L.L.!) type homes.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Disgusting.

[miss marmelstein]

Screaming obscenities at Confederate Cavaliers! Typical Yankee behavior. Some things never change, lol.

[unixfox]

Surely he would “freak out” seeing a rainbow flag too.

[Red Badger]

[Fireone]

In rural Minnesota, as well.

[Fireone]

In rural Minnesota, as well.

[I want the USA back]

“freak out” is like “snapped”. Something a defense lawyer says in court to get his guilty client set free, but without any legal definition or basis in reality.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

So are you in MD or SC?
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I’m in MD, why do you ask?

[onedoug]

[lavaroise]

When a liberal bigot thinks he is the victim of bigotry.

[Jolla]

I bought a Confederate Battle Flag at Gettysburg a few years ago, he should not visit there, they are all over the place.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Just curious. I check for fellow MDers if they make comments like yours. But your page shows SC flag (and refers to SC) as well.

Know of quite a few already on FR, mostly due to the MD Page. You might want to post there sometimes esp. if any issues come up. Western MD, not Baltimore region?

[the OlLine Rebel]

Oh, is that a swipe/take-off at the asinine Indian “terrorism” shirts and all, “since 1492”?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Pavlov's dogs syndrome comes to mind. Conditioned by "education" to react to colors on cloth. I bet this would really upset them! The flag of Eastern Ukraine.

[Pelham]

Let’s guess his freeper handle.