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Man who hung swastika flag in dispute arrested for violating court order
SacBee: Sacto 9-1-1 ^ | 3/1/11 | Bill Lindelof

Posted on 03/01/2011 12:43:30 PM PST by SmithL

A man in midtown Sacramento who once hung a swastika banner in the front window of his Newton Booth home to prevent the next-door neighbors from renting their house was taken into custody for violating a court order this morning.

Joe Ongaro, an electrical contractor, was taken into custody after police served a search warrant and arrest warrant this morning about 7:30 a.m. at the man's home near 25th and U streets.

"It is related to a court order barring him from harassing his neighbors," said Sacramento Police . . .

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.sacbee.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: goodneighbor; michaelmoore; sacramento; swastika

1 posted on 03/01/2011 12:43:37 PM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL

What about the people who would move in next to a nut.

With the flag they know he is a nut, but with the flag gone he is still a nut.


2 posted on 03/01/2011 12:50:45 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: SmithL
1) The guy sounds like a jerk.
2) I'm really glad he's not my neighbor.
3) This is a bad headline.
4) The First Amendment allows people to express stupid political beliefs. This guy is NOT being arrested for flying a flag.

He did a lot of things wrong. The swastika is hardly central to this story -- but I guess it sells newspapers.

3 posted on 03/01/2011 12:51:07 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: SmithL

It’s easy to sell a purple house with green polka dots, but it’s nearly impossible to sell the one next door.


4 posted on 03/01/2011 12:51:11 PM PST by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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