4 Arrested for Flag Burning in Chicago (Chicago 2016 Olympic Banner)

Chicago Police Radio ^ | 09/29/09 | RightHandedWriter

[Right_Handed_Writer]

Just heard on the police scanner that 4 anti-olympic protestors have been arrested for tearing down and burning a "Chicago 2016™" olympic flag at a protest in Downtown Chicago this evening.

The charge was criminal damage to property.

[Right_Handed_Writer]

Would they have been arrested if it was a US flag???

[roaddog727]

And yet burning the Stars and Stripes is OK.....

We are living in a world turned upside down.

[Texas4ever]

Maybe a lot more will protest the gross misuse of our Government to fly our President to Copenhagen while his home city has children dying almost daily from violence...
Soldiers sitting in Afgahnistan waiting for a word as to why they are there and not getting help...why our Health care is in such a crises it needs to be done NOW or else and why we have the highest unemployment rate and ah the
most important thing on our presidents mind....

pay back the people who helped me get in office...He has a few backs to scratch....Gross Gross injustice!

[GeronL]

We should all go out and burn Olympic flags

[Jacquerie]

There's an entire tribe of Libertarian freepers who have no problem with public humiliation of Old Glory.

It's free speech doncha’ know.

[nufsed]

Please list those evil Libertarians who think it’s okay to burn someone else’s property.

[This_far]

The charge was criminal damage to property.

Gadaffi finds it worthy of addition to his list of instances when the UN has sat by and not preserved the peace.

[Fu-fu2]

Thanks for the report...sorry I missed the protest in downtown Chicago this evening at 5:30. Hope someone can report back with what happened....

[montag813]

[ncfool]

If it goes to Rio Obama will blame Geo Bush as everything is Bush’s fault.

[Atlas Sneezed]

There’s an entire tribe of Libertarian freepers who have no problem with public humiliation of Old Glory.

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I have a BIG problem with it. But that doesn’t mean that I support making it illegal to burn your OWN flag.

Liberty too subtle a concept for you?

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

There’s an entire tribe of Libertarian freepers who have no problem with public humiliation of Old Glory.

How about burning a cross in Harlem???

Same thing as far as I am concerned...

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Would they have been arrested if it was a US flag???

Or burning a cross in Harlem?

[spodefly]

Nice ... :)

[C19fan]

I guess the arrest was because the protestors did not burn their own flags but I suppose it was the city’s or olympic committees.

[MadelineZapeezda]

Whoa....potent poster. I see its your work. Very effective

[jackibutterfly]

"We should all go out and burn Olympic flags."

And communist chinese flags!!!!

[ApplegateRanch]

If it wasn’t their flag, then tough.

If it was theirs, then shame on the Chicago Gestapo.

[bakoj]

Rush said this morning that he thought for sure that the olympics are coming because obummer wouldn’t go over there if it wasn’t a done deal.

I don’t watch the summer games, winter is better.

The x games are the best and I watch every event except the skateboard and bycycle street.

[Right_Handed_Writer]

Love the poster! Thanks!

Tried to have a t-shirt made with the “Chicago 2016™ just say nooooo” (the o’s in the olympic configuration) phrase on it but was turned down because Chicago 2016 is an actual trademark. Mayor Shortshanks and crew are very protective of their business venture.