NBC:
A 75-year-old military veteran was acquitted Tuesday of illegally hanging an American flag on the fence of a Veterans Affairs facility in West Los Angeles without permission.
The federal misdemeanor count against Robert Rosebrock stems from a VA statute that prohibits the posting of materials or “placards” on a VA property except when authorized by the head of the facility.
Rosebrock was cited on Memorial Day 2016 for allegedly displaying two napkin-sized American flags on a fence adjacent to the “Great Lawn Gate” entrance to the Veterans Park. He and fellow veterans have been assembling at the site nearly every Sunday and Memorial Day for the past nine years to protest what they believe is the VA’s failure to make full use of the expansive property for the benefit and care of veterans, particularly homeless veterans.
Sanity prevails in a world of insanity. Bravo !
“The VA argued that the statute was necessary to guard against invasive and distracting media activities and to protect veterans’ privacy…”
…but mostly that first part. Somebody should have been fired for even charging this veteran with a crime.
A veteran who fought for Mom, Country, Flag and Apple Pie was arrested for displaying a flag! Thank goodness he wasn’t carrying an apple pie too!
Some moron pencil pusher thought is doing the right thing!
Sooooooo … how much money was wasted on this malicious prosecution?
Pretty sure the taxpayers took it up the ass to shovel a bushel of bucks to some maggot lawyers. Whoever initiated this should have to pay for it out of his pension.
izlamo delenda est …
Robert Rosebuck: 1
La La Land: -0