A man was arrested after he had set fire to an american flag in a walmart parking lot though some courts have ruled that flag burning is protected under the 1st amendment officers still managed to slap some cuffs on the suspect. We honestly wish more LEOs found ways to take these dipshits off the streets.
https://www.facebook.com/YorkPoquosonSheriff/videos/2372597876322188/
according to Foxnews Mitchell Lee Stauffer was not arrested over his First Amendment-protected right to burn a flag, but rather for allegedly burning an object in a public place with intent to intimidate, York-Poquoson Sheriff Danny Diggs said.
“The burning of our great American Flag is very offensive to most people including me,” Diggs said in the Facebook post. “That being said, the courts have ruled that act alone is an expression of free speech and not per se illegal.”
“This charge is appropriate under the Code of Virginia,” he said. “It is fortunate that no one was injured today.”
The statue Stauffer was charged under has been used in the past in cross-burning cases.
The incident took place around 9 a.m. Thursday at the…
