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‘Offended’ flea market shopper calls 911 over Confederate merchandise
The American Mirror ^ | 7-12-2015 | Kyle Olsen

Posted on 07/12/2015 12:29:17 PM PDT by tcrlaf

A shopper perusing the merchandise at the Redwood Country Flea Market was so offended by a vendor selling Confederate and Nazi historical memorabilia, the person actually called 911.

Wallingford, Connecticut police were dispatched to the flea market to investigate.

The police chief William Wright tells News 8 “the reason no one was arrested was because the items were being sold on private property” — not to mention no laws were broken.

“There was a table set up with this material,” Wright says, according to Journal-Record. “It’s not criminally illegal, but obviously it offended this person. It causes some people a sense of being uncomfortable. Certainly the owner could preclude this merchandise.”

The town resident who called 911 said there were helmets with swastikas, images of Hitler and other historical Nazi items.

“I was shaking and almost vomiting,” he tells the paper. “I had to run. My grandmother had numbers,” referring to the digits the Nazis would tattoo on prisoners.

The caller complained that the Confederate items were “not authentic” and were replicas of flags and weapons.

He says the seller told him “he was selling so much he can’t keep it in stock.”

(Excerpt) Read more at theamericanmirror.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1984; again; confederate; dixie; emergency911; orwell; propaganda
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To: tcrlaf
Misuse of the 911 number is a punishable offense.

LE should arrest the perp and give him/her a suitable fine.

I'm buying everything I see with a Confederate flag on it somewhere....they'll be collectors' items soon if they're not already.

Leni

61 posted on 07/12/2015 4:20:49 PM PDT by MinuteGal (Boycott Aug-Nov-All movie houses,Macys,everything Disney.See MinuteGal posts in "search" 4 details)
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To: tcrlaf

It is absolutely amazing how quickly people can be re-programed!


62 posted on 07/12/2015 5:02:51 PM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job...)
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To: tcrlaf

Laughing. Hard.

Can’t... breathe...

Call....

911


63 posted on 07/12/2015 5:08:11 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I am disappointed that Prudence did not defer to her rarely used substitute host R. Lee Ermey.


64 posted on 07/12/2015 5:32:40 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: ExCTCitizen

The fire was in 2008. The dining car was left there for a little while, but that spot was too good to waste. Just like the old Yale Motor Inn, it wasn’t going to stay empty forever.


65 posted on 07/12/2015 5:50:49 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Safetgiver

This coming from what I suspect to be another Boomer. The most selfish, entitled, narcissistic generation to ever walk the Earth. Let’s ignore the faults of my own generation and blame everyone else. Liberal much?


66 posted on 07/12/2015 6:13:04 PM PDT by BizBroker (Is the "perfect" candidate real, or is it to be found hanging with Unicorns and Mermaids?)
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To: Bringbackthedraft

When a conservative sees something he doesn’t like, he looks away.
When a liberal sees something he doesn’t like, he wants it banned.


67 posted on 07/12/2015 6:22:53 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Changing the name of a thing doesn't change the thing. A liberal by any other name...)
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To: tcrlaf

I’m Jewish, and I lost relatives to German genocide. I just came back from the local gun show and there were at least 2 booths with Nazi flags and a few more selling Nazi memorabilia and replicas.

I didn’t shake. I didn’t vomit. I didn’t pee or take a dump in my pants. I didn’t even think about it, let alone come close to doing any of them. This idiot has some clear psychological problems, plus a lack of any ability to cope with life.


68 posted on 07/12/2015 7:18:57 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: tcrlaf

I don’t know what is worse..... Someone freaking out over Confederate merchandise being sold or the Police actually responding to it.


69 posted on 07/13/2015 4:42:47 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: ExCTCitizen
Flea Markets here are strange...

There's a flea market around here that used to have a bar on site. As I recall, it opened at about 7AM and had plenty of customers.

70 posted on 07/13/2015 4:52:35 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Dr. Sivana

What’s at the Yale Motor Inn site? When did they closed?


71 posted on 07/13/2015 5:18:36 AM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: Fresh Wind

A bar? Where? We like the Oldsmar Flea Market...


72 posted on 07/13/2015 5:20:14 AM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: ExCTCitizen

Perkiomenville, PA.

The bar is long since closed down, however.


73 posted on 07/13/2015 5:45:40 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: ExCTCitizen

The Yale Moter Inn closed in 1991 or so. I bought one of their sleeper sofas. The spot is presently occupied by an iHOP and a BJ’s Wholesale Club parking lot.


74 posted on 07/13/2015 6:15:12 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: BizBroker

See? I offended you. Who cares? I did not take your right to life, liberty or the pursuit of property from you. Suck eggs.


75 posted on 07/13/2015 10:46:49 AM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Safetgiver

The truth hurts, eh? Sounds like you are the one offended. Suck eggs? What are you, 8? Great factual reply to my post by the way.


76 posted on 07/13/2015 1:48:28 PM PDT by BizBroker (Is the "perfect" candidate real, or is it to be found hanging with Unicorns and Mermaids?)
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