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Posted on 10/10/2007 1:27:11 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
It caused some controversy, but it was supposed to. Now, one man is headed to municipal court for burning a Mexican flag in protest in front of the Alamo.
The city is charging 46-year old David Bohmfalk with burning without a permit, even though no one gives permits to burn a flag.
"I was raised to respect my country," Bohmfalk said.
All the rallies and talk of amnesty for undocumented immigrants in May 2006 lit the fires of patriotism for Bohmfalk, he said.
"I just got angry," he said. "I decided I had to do something, make my statement, and that's what I did."
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Bohmfalk had his own protest in front of a building known for revolution, where Davy Crockett and James Bowie made a stand. So did Bohmfalk but he used a lighter instead of gunfighter. Park police cited Bohmfalk for illegal burning of rubbish, even it was a Mexican flag he set ablaze.
"Because of what it's made out of, it took a little while to burn it. It took me two minutes, but I got it lit," Bohmfalk
Authorities say his actions left some of the Mexican nationals in the Alamo crowd feeling burned. However, Bohmfalk's attorney, Jason Jakob, says, freedom of speech is Bohmfalk's constitutional right.
"My client felt so strongly, and exercised protest, by burning that flag," Jakob said.
Bohmfalk says while he was detained by police, he was harassed, his life was threatened, and he was even assaulted by some tourists who spit on him. Ironically, all these offenses are punishable by law. Jakob says flag burning is not.
"In America, every day we see people burning the American flag and it's become desensitized," Jakob said. "If we can allow that, we can certainly say that the Mexican flag can be burned."
As a former Texas police chief and military veteran, Bohmfalk says he knows his rights, and is fighting for them.
"Why should a foreign flag get any better protection than the American flag?" he said.
The city has not returned calls for comment. As for Bohmfalk's right to a speedy trial, that's been delayed as well. His trial has been reset three times.
The city of Los Angeles is gone. Lost to Mexico. Best to write if off now. The American ex-Patriots living there could care less. All they want out of life is to continue getting their drugs from their Mexican Drug suppliers.
Its that name that helped make you strong .
Any wonder why Ozzy isn’t all there. The few brain cells drugs hadn’t fried by the time he decided to water the Alamo were left on the sidewalk that night.
Grandpappy manned the cannon at the Siege of Bexar and saw Milam fall. I’m sure he would have provided the lighter.
BTW, see my tagline.
Im sure that Jorge will defend this guy, NOT!
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I saw that ridiculous article, and yes, police chief Bratton was wagging his tail behind the mayor, blaming his own men for doing their own jobs. Sickening, huh? All I can think is that Mexican weed they seem to be smoking must be pretty strong.
Or, he can make his dog take a crap, pick up the crap with a mexican flag, and then throw it in the trash.
Has it come to this?
I think it has. Millions of media-conformist consumer units would endorse this prosecution, yet would automatically defend some traitorous terror tool’s right to burn an American flag. Worse, they wouldn’t give the inconsistency a second thought.
In the crazy world of the pop left, it is not inconsistent, since both the prosecution of Mr. Bohmfak and the burning of the American flag serve the same goals- the destruction of a value system that is antithetical to media-based authoritarianism.
Why can’t the morons who burn flags (of any country, including our own) do it on THEIR OWN PROPERTY!
As if all they had to do was say (en espanol), "Now, you boys with the rocks and bottles, please sit down so we can arrest you."
As if the provacateurs running into the crowd after rocking the police wasn't El Plan.
It's more than that, it's the primary beachhead of the reconquista.
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Well, technically, they are correct. :-)
“...burning rubbish....”
I would be very proud to be cited for this offense. A more true citation was probably never given.
oooooops. He's already done gone and dun that.....like THOUSANDS of acres...... : )
(course, I know you know dat)
This guy has got to have relatives in Egypt. A town there’s named after him or his family.
” Park police cited Bohmfalk for illegal burning of rubbish”
The Mexican flag could be clasified as Rubbish so maybe they can make the charge stick.
If he gets a fair judge, he just needs to make a motion to dismiss based on the fact he was cited on a law that does not exist.
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