The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that the lawyer for the couple arrested in North Carolina for flying their U.S. flag upside-down will plead them not guilty, and then move to dismiss the case.
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“Desecration” is such a subjective question. Is a flag stamp disrespectful? What if it gets canceled? Is canceling it disrespectful? Do I have to take special precautions to dispose of a letter with a flag stamp? What about a newspaper like the Chicago Tribune which prints a flag on the font page. Can I use that paper to line my bird cage?
What if the flag isn’t a flag? If it has 51 stars, is it a flag?
The whole issue is nonsensical.
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The motion to dismiss the flag descration part of the case will be easy to give. The stickier part is the resisting arrest parts. What do you do when a police officer is violating the law? Let him and sue him later, I think, or face getting arrested for resisting arrest. Gotta love the power of the state.
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