NYP: CLEVELAND — Police arrested 17 people Wednesday after a melee broke out during a flag-burning in the streets outside the Republican National Convention.
It was the most turbulent protest since the four-day convention began on Monday. The chaos briefly prevented delegates and members of the media from getting into the Quicken Loans Arena for the evening’s proceedings.
Unfortunately as has already been proven by case law, burning the US flag is a right.
I don’t accept it. But our soldiers have died to make it a right.
“Before You Light It… Know Ohio’s Open Burning Regulations”
I think that was a fire retardant spray. Looks like pepper spray but isn’t. One of the idiot communists lit himself on fire while trying to burn the flag.
‘You’re on fire. You’re on fire stupid’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUkivAhTsxU
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I wish the cops had let him burn, baby, burn.
You got it, Eugenia. Not pepper spray but an extinguisher that looks like one. The fire retardant is irritating so it was assumed to be pepper spray.
Those damn police always being prepared and looking out for everyone – even the degenerates.
Capt: For those of you assigned to RNC convention duty, everyone carries a fire extinguisher today. America haters will be there and you can expect fires.
Sgt. Can we let them burn a little first?
Capt: Unfortunately, no. Cameras will be there.
Sgt: But I brought marshmallows!
Capt: o.0
Only 23 arrests so far. It would be great if the convention closes tonight without a major outbreak of anarchist assholery.
Now they can say they’re seasoned protesters.
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Extinguisher? Shit, I would’ve pulled out a flame thrower. Not for the flag, though.
Burning the flag, a regrettable consequence of protecting our first amendment rights.
Burning yourself while trying to burn the flag, priceless!
“You’re on fire stupid!”
“Richard, you’re on fire… STUPID.”
(/Conky voice)
“You’re on fire, stupid!” needs to be turned into some sort of agitprop or meme! Lol!
TO OLD OAKS COMMENT HERE IS THE LAW ON BURNING THE FLAG…..
In 1968, Congress approved the Federal Flag Desecration Law after a Vietnam War protest. The law made it illegal to “knowingly” cast “contempt” upon “any flag of the United States by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning or trampling upon it.”
Police Chief Calvin Williams said a protester whose pants caught fire got defensive when a police officer tried to put out the blaze. The man assaulted the officer, and things escalated from there, Williams said.