Posted on 08/15/2014 4:58:19 PM PDT by Mozilla
Police in Garwood, New Jersey, confirmed that a militant flag associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) was removed from the front of a local home after hundreds of online activists expressed fear and revulsion.
Garwood Police Chief Bruce D. Underhill confirmed to the Washington Free Beacon that officers were “aware of the situation” and residents at the suburban home “voluntarily” agreed to remove the flag.
A photo of the home with the ISIL and Turkish flags was tweeted out Tuesday morning and quickly attracted hundreds of retweets and comments.
Underhill told the Free Beacon that the police are aware of the situation and are working to uphold the public safety.
“Thank you for your concern regarding this important matter,” Underhill wrote the Free Beacon in an email Wednesday afternoon. “Only with the public’s continued cooperation can we keep our communities safe.”
Multiple calls to a number associated with the New Jersey address were not answered and a resident did not respond to messages left seeking comment. Messages sent to a Facebook account believed to be associated with one of the residents also were not answered by press time.
Update: Following publication of the story, Garwood Police Chief Bruce D. Underhill denied that the police “ordered” the flag to be removed and would not discuss whether or not the police had been contacted about the home in question. He also declined to discuss what “appropriate steps” were taken after his officers became aware of the situation. The headline and the story have been updated to reflect Underhill’s further comments.
(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...
According to Fox News:
A 44-year-old Muslim convert says it was news to him that the flag he hung outside his house is the same banner waved by the murderous jihadist group known as Islamic State.
Neighbors and passersby who took to Twitter were alarmed at the black flag emblazoned with the Arabic words “The only god is Allah” flying from above the porch of Mark Dunaway, in Garwood, N.J. The chilling banner flew next to a red flag of Islam, but Dunaway said he never intended to show support for the terrorist group infamous for beheading Christians.
“I hang it every Friday and every Ramadan which ended not too long ago and I keep it up a little longer than I normally do,” Dunaway told FoxNews.com. “I guess some people saw it and got offended so I took it down. I do not support any militant group or anything like that.”
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/14/nj-man-says-isis-flag-flown-on-porch-misunderstanding/
So the police can make me remove a flag (any flag) from my home? Oh well, the 1st Amendment was okay while it lasted.
And it is only going to get worse...
I thought the article stated that he “voluntarily” removed the flag.
Yeah, but there’s voluntary and there’s voluntary.
The police are not commenting on any possible involvement. I don’t know whether or not it is true, whether it is a generic Muslim flag or one tied specifically to the ISIL gang.
did you read the article?
LOL! You are so right. ;-)
That’s not how this place works, as I’ve been reminded on several of my threads recently.
can you show me where it states the cops took the flag down or this yet another example of trying to attack cops because the left media machine keeps going on about how bad cops are?
You need to lighten up, Francis.
how do you know my name , do you have a crystal ball?
I would keep an eye on that house.
Shhh....don't bring facts into the discussion - we're on a roll. :)
It will be flying proudly at Rutgers soon enough.
Looks like he got a good lesson in the First Amendment. All too often, people confuse “freedom of speech” to mean “freedom of speech without consequences”.
No but is it worth watching?
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