Posted on 07/24/2017 8:03:20 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Howard Banks heard a noise outside his home and went out to investigate. Banks is legally blind. With his limited vision, he observed someone taking down the American flag flying outside his Kaufman, Texas, home, CBSDFW reported. The incident occurred on July 11, shortly before his 92nd birthday.
Because of prior acts of vandalism, Banks decided to defend his flag. Previous vandals shredded his American and Marine Corps colors.
“They could see me. I couldn’t see them,” Banks told the CBS affiliate. “I turned and looked in the other direction, and about then – ‘wham!’ They knocked me down.”
The attacker quickly fled as neighbors came to his aid. His efforts thwarted the attack on his flag, but a “God Bless All Police” sign had been thrown to the ground.
“It’s the one thing I can cling to. Yet at my capacity, there’s not much I can do. But I can honor our flag,” he told the reporter.
Banks received multiple bumps and bruises from the assault. Assaulting the elderly is a felony in Texas. “I am durable. I can take it,” he said.
The Kaufman Police Department responded to the incident stating, “We are doing everything in our power to find the suspects that committed this cowardly assault and bring them to justice.”
They praised the veteran as an American hero who joined the Marine Corps at the age of 18 to fight in the war against Japan. He survived battles in Iwo Jima and other Pacific Theater locations.
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Those who hate this country hate the military.
The people who hate this country are the ones who are getting the maximum benefit from this country. The people who love this country are the ones being bled dry to pay for the benefits that go to the filthy slobs.
I’m sick of it.
Find the scum and give them the choice between deportation permanently and Gitmo.
Claymores in the bushes by your flagpole mean never having to say you’re sorry!
I hear you.
You’re not the only person who feels this way.
Anyone who assaults someone in a wheelchair deserves whatever happens to them.
Left wing nazi scum attacked this hero.
A brave and honorable man who believes in America. God love and keep him safe.
It will be hard to day “microaggression” when his jaw is fractured and he has no teeth!
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