High School Kid Who Burned Mexican Flag Arrested And Charged With Arson

FreeRepublic ^ | 3/31/06 | kstewskis

[lowbridge]

Just got home from work, and was listening to Joe Crummy on KFYI interview one of the dads of the kids that burned the Mexican flag:

Apparently, his kid was arrested by AJ Police and was held in detention in Florence all day yesterday. CHarged with Arson. It took all of their savings to get a retainer for an atty.

It gets better. The family is now getting death threats. They were informed by police that there are those trying to find out where the family lives, and are going after them. AJ police stated to the father, there is nothing they can do about it, until someone actually shows up on their property.

Also, there was another kid from the school (Rod, who said he was a "future" Marine) read that letter from the school, forbiding any kid to wear any article of clothing resembling or representing a flag, no matter what country it represents.

He said emphatically, that he *will* wear the US Flag to school Monday.

Apparently this flag burning was near the ROTC table.

My respect for the kids in AJ have grown a hundred fold!

366 posted on 03/31/2006 5:52:20 PM PST by kstewskis

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1606660/posts?page=366#366

[lowbridge]

Also here:

Just heard on the radio.

The kid was arrested and held by the police for arson and the family is getting death threats

18 posted on 03/31/2006 5:46:47 PM PST by Marine Inspector

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1607175/posts?page=18#18

[BenLurkin]

No way!

[festus]

Had he burned an american flag they'd all be supporting him.

That tells me all I need to know.

Any idea how we can help this courageous lad out ?

[King Prout]

so... burning the Mexican flag is not political speech but "arson"

we are screwn, kids.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Where do we contribute to his legal defense fund?

[Supernatural]

This is preposterous! And outrageous!

And mean and evil and just plain nasty!

[nmh]

But it's okay to burn the American flag?

Don't ya just love the hypocrisy.

[Mr. Mojo]

Does anyone doubt that had he burned an American flag he'd have been charged with nothing?

[cdrw]

When was the last time someone burned a flag in protest and got arrested for arson?

[trubluolyguy]

Apparently, his kid was arrested by AJ Police and was held in detention in Florence all day yesterday.

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You try this with any (your lib protestor group here) and you will be sued for violating their free "speech" rights.

[sonsofliberty2000]

I hate to ask because it will sound like splitting hairs, but was the flag burning indoors or outdoors? Makes a difference, though in no way is it arson as far as I understand that word. Isn't arson burning down a structure? If inside I can understand the charge if the school caught on fire and trucks were needed, but as far as I know that isn't the case.

[onyx eyes]

Ohhh Wowww!

[AllmanBrosFan]

Legal defense? He shouldn't need it. This is freedom of speech!

[Kokojmudd]

The mexican flag was first raised over the American flag on the flagpole before it was burned. This kid deserves a medal.

[Andy from Beaverton]

What? No hate crime charges???

[hispanarepublicana]

Has Tancredo been briefed on this?

[Howie66]

This kid needs to get a community service award!

[Teacher317]

The problem here is that he didn't burn his own property. It belonged to someone else. The Hate-America-First liberals buy their own flags (made in China, LOL), and then burn them.

[LachlanMinnesota]

I thought I heard some of the Mexifornians burning an American Flag during one of their marches, and no one was going to be prosecuted...is that true? I thought when the flag was burned in the 60's it was "free Speech?" So is it only a crime if someone burns the Mexican flag, because that act, as an expression of speech, is not free?

I would take this to trial all the way am make the jury decide this one. It has to be an unanimous verdict of guilty. I'd say his odds are good.

Who will let him recover the cost of his defense, which is the biggest punishment he'll see?

[mortal19440]

I thought that numerous courts have ruled it to be OK under the first Amendment.

[MaineVoter2002]

death threats for burning a mexican flag?

[me-here]

I think it is notional burn a red, white, and green flag day!

[CGTRWK]

It's public school property, where a fishstick is a gun, an aspirin is cocaine, and arson means whatever they want it to.

[FOG724]

I thought burning flags was free speech? Only US flags I guess.

[antaresequity]

Not you lowbridge...but to the population in general...

I TOLD YOU SO...

[processing please hold]

Don't let the pro-illegal alien supporters here on FR hear you. They'll be on you like a duck on a June bug. They arrive in swarms.

[glowworm]

Legal defense? He shouldn't need it. This is freedom of speech!

Maybe not.. but maybe a good case for a counter $uit to get the bugger who made the complaint and the police department for fal$e arre$t.

[LachlanMinnesota]

I always thought "arson" was the younger brother of "Orson" Wells...oh well.

[sonsofliberty2000]

Great point. Understand that its quite hard to wrap your mind around. You want so hard to not think educators are idiots, but they throw stuff like this at us constantly, and make little real sense.

[AllmanBrosFan]

I thought so too. Are some flags more equal than others? If you get my drift.

[ErnBatavia]

I'm gonna have to go check the other links, because this sounds unusual given the little I know about Apache Junction....it's an outlying suburb of Mesa, which in turn is a suburb of Phoenix - my impression of a few days there is that it's a pretty much Whitebread, retiree, "trailer people" kind of burg.

The demographics as I know 'em make the story a little confusing to me...

[LachlanMinnesota]

Those are very difficult cases to pursue...

[lizma]

I'm beginning to think the left has won. Pity my hopefully to be grandkids.

[AllmanBrosFan]

I was thinking that myself. He should do that.

[AllmanBrosFan]

I was thinking that myself. He should do that.

[me-here]

What? No hate crime charges???

Don't give them any ideas

[silentknight]

America is screwed. Don't forget to turn the lights out.

[Dengar01]

If you find out where we can contribute, let me know. This is outrageous! These illegal scum have no loyalty to this country. They spit on our flag and trumpet the mexican flag. May they burn in hell.

[DocRock]

Pres. Bush could get a lot of brownie points with a visit and Presidential pardon... (just a thought if you're lurking Mr. President).

[Armigerous]

.....the charge will probably be reduced to "burning garbage without a permit"

[SaveTheChief]

we are screwn, kids.

We're screwn, indeed. Remember fondly the America we inherited from our parents and grandparents. It no longer exists, and will never return.

[wardaddy]

Travis got suspended today....noticed yer ping list

over this

heated argument with one Tony Snow

[glad2bdad]

This is going to get ugly. That's the last thing I want, but I'm telling you: It's going to get ugly. Prepare yourselves.

[HiJinx]

Outdoors.

[Txsleuth]

OH...Yeah...the ACLU should be all over this..../s

[FormerLib]

This is how it started for Serbs in Kosovo in the 1980's.

Want to guess where they are now?

Thank you Bill Clinton.

[hispanarepublicana]

TRAVIS got suspended???

[wardaddy]

No doubt.....a powerful group on this forum are on the wrong side

[HiJinx]

Evidently, there's a lot of racial tension at their high school.

[LachlanMinnesota]

The only difference between a hate crime and a non-hate crime is the assumed thought process in the mind of the actor...therefore, thought is a crime.

A slug in the nose because you are ugly is punished less severely than a slug in the nose with an animous toward your victim's race. The acts are the same. The damage is the same. Now values are fair game for punishment.

Once values are fair game, Orwell's "1984" is here. We're only 20 years behind the title. Political thought will be next in line for definition as a hate crime.