Rockville City police are investigating the burning of an American flag on Rockville Pike last week. The flag was torched in the 1200 block of Rockville Pike sometime between 9:00 PM on January 22, and 10:00 AM on January 23, police say. Detectives do not have any suspect descriptions or motives in the case at this time. If you have any information about this incident, call police at 240-314-8900.
Let me guess, the County Council burned it?
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DeleteI'm guessing Jamie Raskin.
DeleteThe Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment protects speech involving actions such as burning a flag. The question this doesn't address is why is the police involved here? Did the flag belong to someone other than the person who burned it? That would be destroying property, not protected expression.
ReplyDeleteBill, you are correct. My assumption is that the flag was stolen or torn down, and thus the police became involved.
DeleteWhoever did it should be kicked out of the country. If you burn the flag it means you dont care about the country so leave!
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