Posted on 06/30/2020 6:25:28 PM PDT by Sixgun Symphony
Police investigating burned rainbow flag
I think expression of your disgust and disdain for a rainbow flag by burning one is protected by the First Amendment, as long as you aren’t burning someone else’s rainbow flag (which appears to be what happened here), and as long as you aren’t burning the flag in order to intimidate someone else.
“They call it protected free speech when they burn the US flag, but they call the police when someone burns a rainbow flag.”
If I was in this situation, I would HOPE that some idiot would arrest me for it - because I’d sue them for deprivation of rights under color of authority - them, their bosses and everyone else in government remotely connected with the matter.
they already are prosecuting them- one dude got 16 years in prison for burning one-
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