Posted on 05/06/2016 9:00:37 AM PDT by Leaning Right
Flags are flying at half-staff outside state buildings and grounds in Georgia in memory of a student stabbed to death on the campus of Fort Valley State University.
Former student Joseph Anthony Scott Jr. faces charges including murder in the Tuesday killing of 19-year-old freshman Donnell Phelps.
Police say Scott was harassing and groping three young women near the school cafeteria, and Phelps came to their aid by trying to intervene.
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Anyway, the murdered student was a real hero. And there are many lessons to be learned here. One of them is if you decide to intervene, be prepared for literally anything to happen.
Real sad.
I honor this student’s heroism. That said, I am old enough to remember when the flag was flown at half-staff only when a MAJOR figure of national stature died. It’s out of hand now.
The kid died a hero.
That being said, lowering the flag should be a relatively rare honor.
I have mixed feelings there. I never felt it should be done just because of a person's position or title. For example, the lowering of the flag for the passing of a President never sat well with me. The President is a public servant, not some king or emperor.
But lowering the flag for one day for a slain hero (a Medal of Honor winner, etc.)...it's hard to argue against that.
You say po-tay-to, I say po-tah-to.
It’s not up to me. Or us.
Whatever.
Yep. Maybe just leave it up to the governor involved. I always did like the 10th Amendment.
To place the flag at half-staff (or half-mast, on ships), hoist it to the peak for an instant and lower it to a position half way between the top and bottom of the staff.
The flag is to be raised again to the peak for a moment before it is lowered.
On Memorial Day, the flag is displayed at half-staff from sunrise until noon and at full staff from noon to sunset.
The flag is to be flown at half-staff in mourning for the death of designated, principal government leaders. The flag is to be flown at half-staff for thirty days in mourning for the death of the current or former President of the United States.
The U.S. flag is otherwise flown at half-staff (or half-mast on ships) only when directed by the President of the United States, or (only for buildings within his or her jurisdiction,) the Mayor of Washington, D.C.
When used to cover a casket or coffin, the flag should be placed with the union at the head and over the left shoulder.
It should not be lowered into the grave; it is also to be removed before the casket is set for cremation.
It is considered a proper sign of courtesy to salute a casket covered with the American flag as the pall (in military and state funerals) at the proper time.
The U.S. flag is to be flown at half staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day, May 15. 4 U.S.C. §7(m) except when May 15 is also Armed Forces Day which falls on the third Saturday of May, upon which the flag should be flown at full staff.
The U.S. flag is to be flown half staff on Patriot Day (September 11)
It is probably not proper U.S. flag etiquette to lower the flag for a death at a place of business for example.
Thanks for the post. In particular, I didn't know about the Memorial Day rule.
Video of the nutcase stabber - http://www.macon.com/news/local/community/houston-peach/article75786562.html
My 8 year-old cat “Bunny” was run over and killed by an SUV. She was the mom of 17, had 76 grandchildren, 313 great-grandchildren, 1,129 great-great-grandchildren and 3,644 great-great-great-grandchildren. I think Obama should order the Stars and Stripes to be lowered in her honor.
RIP.
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