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Rash Of American Flag Burnings Become An Alarming Trend In Roselle Park, N.J.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com ^ | 07/15/2011 | n/a

Posted on 07/15/2011 6:41:44 AM PDT by massmike

Who is torching American flags?

It’s a disturbing and potentially dangerous trend in one New Jersey community, reports CBS 2’s Scott Rapoport.

A day or two before the Fourth of July, two homes on West Colfax Avenue and another on East Lincoln Avenue all had their flags burned. The charred black remains of Robert Lingenfelter’s flag are still stuck to his pavement.

Then just this past Tuesday a home on Chestnut Street had its flag torched.‪

Throughout the town many are asking themselves the same questions: who’s doing this and why?

Roselle Park police officers are on the case and more than a little concerned. They said the flag burnings are more than just a disrespectful act; it’s an act of arson.

“The danger is the flag is attached to the residence. And if the residence were to catch fire you’re now endangering lives,” Roselle Police Chief Paul Morrison said.‪

(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: americanflag; flagburning
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1 posted on 07/15/2011 6:41:49 AM PDT by massmike
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To: massmike

Chief, can you say “stake-out”?

How about “surveillance cameras”?


2 posted on 07/15/2011 6:43:45 AM PDT by silverleaf (All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
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To: massmike

It seems odd that the Left would are asking for the tree of Liberty watered while they are in power


3 posted on 07/15/2011 6:44:42 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
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To: massmike
The law against flag burning was ruled unconstitutional.

How ‘bout a law that says if you catch a flag burner, you can't be prosecuted for your immediate actions.

4 posted on 07/15/2011 6:45:20 AM PDT by CPOSharky (The only thing straight, white, Christian males get is the blame for everything.)
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Religion-Of-Peas alert?


5 posted on 07/15/2011 6:46:07 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand ("America will cease to be great when America ceases to be good." -- Welcome to deToqueville.)
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To: CPOSharky
The law against flag burning was ruled unconstitutional.

Including The Rainbow Flag?

Oh. Wait. Of course not. That would be a hate crime.

6 posted on 07/15/2011 6:47:28 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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Time to start burning korans, Mexican flags, rainbow flags, obama effigies and pictures of Che’ as an answer....


7 posted on 07/15/2011 6:49:24 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: CPOSharky
"The law against flag burning was ruled unconstitutional."

Yes, but my understanding of that is that you have to own the flag that you're burning.

I read this article as saying that the flags that are being burned are someone else's property.

8 posted on 07/15/2011 6:50:02 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Square Dancing - Drill and Ceremony Set To Music)
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“The danger is the flag is attached to the residence what people will do to the idiot who gets caught in the act."
9 posted on 07/15/2011 6:51:26 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: massmike
It is probably a bunch of kids committing pranks. Since patriotism and respect for our standard is not taught in the classrooms anymore I this wouldn't shock me.
10 posted on 07/15/2011 7:00:55 AM PDT by frogjerk (Liberalism: The ideology of envy.)
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Did Bill and Bernardine take a trip to New Jersey?


11 posted on 07/15/2011 7:03:48 AM PDT by bgill
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Yes, but my understanding of that is that you have to own the flag that you're burning.

I read this article as saying that the flags that are being burned are someone else's property.

That's how I read it too. Someone is burning flags that are hanging in the front of other people's houses. At the very least, wouldn't that be trespassing and/or vandalism??

12 posted on 07/15/2011 7:06:48 AM PDT by USArmySpouse
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To: massmike
the Little Red School House- Rutgers U??

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13 posted on 07/15/2011 7:08:00 AM PDT by Elle Bee
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To: USArmySpouse

arson?


14 posted on 07/15/2011 7:13:15 AM PDT by John 3_19-21
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To: John 3_19-21
arson?

Oh yeah. That too. Just like the cop said in the article. That's what I get for skimming, I guess. lol

15 posted on 07/15/2011 7:18:04 AM PDT by USArmySpouse
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The law against flag burning was ruled unconstitutional. How ‘bout a law that says if you catch a flag burner, you can't be prosecuted for your immediate actions.

A lot of these flags appear to be hanging off homes. Setting fire to part of an occupied residence is arson, a felony. In many jurisdictions, arson of an occupied dwelling justifies use of deadly force.

16 posted on 07/15/2011 7:18:26 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (When youÂ’ve only heard lies your entire life, the truth sounds insane.)
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Someone sets fire to something attached to my house and we got serious problems.


17 posted on 07/15/2011 7:20:36 AM PDT by John 3_19-21 (Liberalism sees the future in spite of the past, Conservatism sees the future because of the past.)
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To: BlueLancer
"The law against flag burning was ruled unconstitutional."

Yes, but my understanding of that is that you have to own the flag that you're burning.

I read this article as saying that the flags that are being burned are someone else's property.

That's how I read the article. What you have here is criminal trespass and arson. Arson being a felony. If more than one person is involved, then there's a conspiracy. If a single perp did it, but asked someone else to participate, that's solicitation to engage in a conspiracy. While I don't know what NJ law is on this, at least here in Texas if someone is attempting to commit a crime against you at night, you can shoot them with full justification, and I guarantee that if I saw someone trying to light up something attached to my house (with the obvious danger of the house itself catching fire) then that someone will have several more holes in their body when they leave my property than when they entered.

We can debate the legal and moral merits of burning your own flag that is not attached to the property of another all day long, but it is clear that some very serious crimes were perpetrated here. People literally could have died because of this (and burning to death is not exactly the most pleasant way to go), so I don't particularly care if it was a prank, a gang initiation or some ideological or religious compulsion that caused the perps to do this - the police need to investigate this and when apprehended the perps need to get a felony record and spend time in the Graybar Hotel.

18 posted on 07/15/2011 7:50:56 AM PDT by Ancesthntr (Bibi to Odumbo: Its not going to happen.)
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To: massmike

It’s Obama slaves symbolizing what their master is doing to America.


19 posted on 07/15/2011 7:59:38 AM PDT by pallis
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Just some Democrat. All someone needs to do is put up a discreet surveillance camera, and post images of the burner on the Internet, and he will be boned. But, if you catch him in the act, just give him a nunchaku massage and send him on his way, most assuredly *not* publishing the video.


20 posted on 07/15/2011 8:15:20 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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