Teens arrested after lighting American flag on fire

MLive.com ^ | 9/12/2002 | The Associated Press

[No Truce With Kings]

Teens arrested after lighting American flag on fire

The Associated Press
9/11/02 11:18 PM

Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP) -- Two teenagers were arrested Wednesday night after allegedly setting an American flag on fire at the University of Michigan.

Police said the boys, ages 15 and 16, ignited the flag around 6:30 p.m. near the school's Hill Auditorium. They then ran away.

The teens were arrested when they returned to the scene.

"The crime was setting a fire on campus," said Diane Brown, a spokeswoman for the university's public safety department. "What was set on fire happened to be an American flag."

Brown stressed that the teens were not Michigan students and were not affiliated with the university.

"They were just walking around looking for trouble," she said.

Police quickly extinguished the fire.

Brown said more people may have been involved and the case will be turned over to the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office. The boys' names were not immediately released and Brown said she wasn't sure of their hometown.

[No Truce With Kings]

Hmmmm. . . What is going on in my old home town? Things have changed since I left in the 1970s if they actually arrested someone for burning a flag. (Guess one of the reasons that I left.)

Oh, I get it -- it was because the kids were polluting!

[Texas_Jarhead]

little ba$tards

[Landru]

"'The crime was setting a fire on campus,' said Diane Brown, a spokeswoman for the university's public safety department. 'What was set on fire happened to be an American flag.'"

Apples never fall far from the tree, they say.

...does the bimbo Brown's words say it all, or what.

[No Truce With Kings]

Yeah, but the cops arrested them. In Ann F'ing Arbor! Can you image the shock on those little twerps' faces when they learned that Officer Friendly wasn't there to escort them to a parade in their honor!

[BikerNYC]

Whose flag was it?

[No Truce With Kings]

Whose flag was it?

Dunno. Probably one set up in front of Hill Auditorium. Not the kids', would be my bet. Typical juvinile vandalism -- like scrawing swastikas on a synogogue, or smearing excrement on a door handle in the school cafeteria.

Looks like they picked the wrong medium for expressing themselves, to me.

[Texas_Jarhead]

lol

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[Mudboy Slim]

"...the boys, ages 15 and 16, ignited the flag around 6:30 p.m. near the school's Hill Auditorium. They then ran away."

Lib'rals!!

FReegards...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"Typical juvinile vandalism -- like...smearing excrement on a door handle in the school cafeteria."

Or licking door handles and office tools in Gary Bauer's office when you've got the flu...a la that Salon fella.

The Left is juvenile by definition...MUD

[ZULU]

Why is it a crime to desecrate a religious image or site, but O.K. to desecrate an American symbol like our flag?

Can anybody explain that to me????

[Far Right Of Left]

Or the Taliban...

[malamute]

curious thing to do given the significance of yesterdays date...could almost lead one to speculate on the ethnic origins of these fine upstanding perpetrators.

as they are minors, presumably this information will not be released to the general public?

[No Truce With Kings]

curious thing to do given the significance of yesterdays date...could almost lead one to speculate on the ethnic origins of these fine upstanding perpetrators.

Don't bother speculating. This happened in Ann Arbor. The perps could just as easily have pink skin, blond hair, and blue eyes or be hispanic or black as be of Middle-Eastern origins. Trust me on that one. I grew up in that town and pinheaded jerks come in all ethnic flavors.

[shiva]

Teens! Walking around, saw all the flags flying for 9-11. One was convienient to take. Hey! Lets set the school on fire. Happens more than you realize.

I live between 2 schools. Middle school 2 blocks away. You would be shocked at the things kids do after school.

[1rudeboy]

LOL Imagine if they had been smoking the sweet leaf. They could have been ticketed.

[DonQ]

"The crime was setting a fire on campus," said Diane Brown, a spokeswoman for the university's public safety department. "What was set on fire happened to be an American flag."

Since I doubt the little bastards actually bought and paid for the flag they burned, an additional charge can be theft and destruction of university property.

[Mudboy Slim]

"Lib'rals"

"Or the Taliban..."

Now yer splittin' hairs, my FRiend.

Quite Sincerely...MUD

[BMCDA]

Neither is OK if it's not your property. However, if it's your flag, religious image, etc. you can destroy it as you please if you don't harm anyone while doing so.
If you make an idiot out of yourself while burning a flag or defecating on a religious image is your problem. No one can be arrested because of stupidity.

[No Truce With Kings]

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