Posted on 08/01/2016 5:55:28 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police say that a Clinton supporter lit a flag on fire near a group of Trump supporters and attacked a man near the Clinton-Kaine event downtown Saturday afternoon.
The incident happened at the intersection of 10th Street and Penn Avenue around 4 p.m.
According to a criminal complaint, police were told Joshua Sturman was in the area to support Hillary Clinton, who spoke at a rally at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center later that afternoon. A group of Trump supporters had gathered on the opposing sidewalk in what police say was a peaceful assembly.
Sturman crossed the street and walked into the middle of the group of Trump supporters. The criminal complaint says the members of the group were standing close to one another, shoulder-to-shoulder. The complaint says Sturman then pulled out a flag and began to light it on fire.
The Trump supporters attempted to put out the fire, which “enraged” Sturman. Sturman then threw a Trump supporter to the ground and attempted to jump on top of him. Bystanders alerted nearby officers, and police removed Sturman and placed him under detention.
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It would be much more impressive and show the degree of their dedication if these Clinton supporters would light themselves on fire instead of the American flag.
Every liberal is a totalitarian thug.
This pretty much tells you where this goon is coming from. My bet he isn't from Pitt or anywhere near it.
So the brave punk picked on someone who was probably 3 times his age. I hope karma catches up to him. I noticed he was doing the hands up don’t shoot too, how cute.
When are some of these demo crap thugs going to meet a 2A end?
Sounds like “real patriots” should hook a 5-pound extinguisher on their belt for these “gatherings”.
I think that would show a clear message to the communists that we are ready and able to defend our flag.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZzeEaBHUBM
And what will happen to him, legally speaking?...........NOTHING.................
These are not liberals
They are radicals
The radicals hijacked the term liberal in the late 1960’s because radical was a negative term for them.
We should call them what they hate, radicals
Left Wing Radicals and Radical Islamists go together
“These are not liberals. They are radicals.”
Today, they are one in the same.
Liberals & Radicals are Communists.
They just must take your guns first.
They like being called Liberals
They hate being called radicals
I like calling them radicals because they hate it
Typical LIB loon. Too bad he didn’t have his ass kicked from here-to-tomorrow.
Not necessarily nothing.
He’s charged with 4 charges: disorderly conduct; simple assault; reckless endangerment of another person; causing or risking catastrophe.
All are pretty much related to Sturman’s having injured, or tried to injure, the patriot, and one or two charges could be made to stick, resulting in jail time. Smart move by the PD.
If the cops had tried to charge him for flag burning or inciting riot, those would have been tossed, since Texas v Johnson decided in 1988 that flag burning is 1A protected “speech .” Scalia voted with the majority on this.
Greg “Joey” Johnson, the aging RCPer who was the Johnson in that case, btw, is still burning flags and raving about evil capitalism that he knows nothing about, having never held a job.
Johnson was likely standing somewhere in the crowd egging on this Sturman guy.
Anytime you see American flags burning, it’s RCP. It’s essentially the only thing they know how to do.
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