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Man cited for burning Mexican flag[at the Alamo]
KENS 5 Eyewitness News ^ | 10/09/2007 | Joe Conger

Posted on 10/10/2007 1:27:11 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch

It caused some controversy, but it was supposed to. Now, one man is headed to municipal court for burning a Mexican flag in protest in front of the Alamo.

The city is charging 46-year old David Bohmfalk with burning without a permit, even though no one gives permits to burn a flag.

"I was raised to respect my country," Bohmfalk said.

All the rallies and talk of amnesty for undocumented immigrants in May 2006 lit the fires of patriotism for Bohmfalk, he said.

"I just got angry," he said. "I decided I had to do something, make my statement, and that's what I did."

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Bohmfalk had his own protest in front of a building known for revolution, where Davy Crockett and James Bowie made a stand. So did Bohmfalk but he used a lighter instead of gunfighter. Park police cited Bohmfalk for illegal burning of rubbish, even it was a Mexican flag he set ablaze.

"Because of what it's made out of, it took a little while to burn it. It took me two minutes, but I got it lit," Bohmfalk

Authorities say his actions left some of the Mexican nationals in the Alamo crowd feeling burned. However, Bohmfalk's attorney, Jason Jakob, says, freedom of speech is Bohmfalk's constitutional right.

"My client felt so strongly, and exercised protest, by burning that flag," Jakob said.

Bohmfalk says while he was detained by police, he was harassed, his life was threatened, and he was even assaulted by some tourists who spit on him. Ironically, all these offenses are punishable by law. Jakob says flag burning is not.

"In America, every day we see people burning the American flag and it's become desensitized," Jakob said. "If we can allow that, we can certainly say that the Mexican flag can be burned."

As a former Texas police chief and military veteran, Bohmfalk says he knows his rights, and is fighting for them.

"Why should a foreign flag get any better protection than the American flag?" he said.

The city has not returned calls for comment. As for Bohmfalk's right to a speedy trial, that's been delayed as well. His trial has been reset three times.


TOPICS: Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aclumia; alamo; aliens; doublestandard; flagburning; mexico; rememberthealamo; spittingmexicans
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To: oneamericanvoice
Our police chief (Los Angeles) just put out a disgusting report about the police crackdown on the May 1st protest. There was a MALDEF lawyer that said it was too bad that he didn’t address how the police stirred up the protestors. As usual she got it wrong. It was the protestors who incited the police as clearly demonstrated by the film footage.

The city of Los Angeles is gone. Lost to Mexico. Best to write if off now. The American ex-Patriots living there could care less. All they want out of life is to continue getting their drugs from their Mexican Drug suppliers.

41 posted on 10/10/2007 3:14:20 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: raybbr

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42 posted on 10/10/2007 3:15:52 PM PDT by radar101 (Duncan Hunter-The only possibility)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Its that name that helped make you strong .


43 posted on 10/10/2007 3:40:21 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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To: weegee

Any wonder why Ozzy isn’t all there. The few brain cells drugs hadn’t fried by the time he decided to water the Alamo were left on the sidewalk that night.


44 posted on 10/10/2007 4:43:55 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Grandpappy manned the cannon at the Siege of Bexar and saw Milam fall. I’m sure he would have provided the lighter.

BTW, see my tagline.


45 posted on 10/10/2007 4:46:23 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Im sure that Jorge will defend this guy, NOT!


46 posted on 10/10/2007 4:48:19 PM PDT by sasafras (All things evil are cloaked in the word diversity)
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To: Eaker; AK2KX; Ancesthntr; ApesForEvolution; archy; backhoe; bayouranger; Badray; Bear_Slayer; ...
"At this point, the two officers, both Hispanic, began talking to each other about what felonies they could charge me with, and asking me questions, although I had not been advised of my rights under Miranda v. Arizona. The male police officer, I believe his name was Ramirez, advised me that I had not only committed arson, but that I had violated several state and federal Homeland Security laws and that I should now consider myself a “domestic terrorist”. Numerous times while he was questioning me, he repeated that I had committed an act of domestic terrorism, due to post-9-11 laws."

CW2 Ping.


47 posted on 10/10/2007 6:13:55 PM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: oneamericanvoice
Our police chief (Los Angeles) just put out a disgusting report about the police crackdown on the May 1st protest.

I saw that ridiculous article, and yes, police chief Bratton was wagging his tail behind the mayor, blaming his own men for doing their own jobs. Sickening, huh? All I can think is that Mexican weed they seem to be smoking must be pretty strong.

48 posted on 10/10/2007 6:21:24 PM PDT by janetgreen
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To: weegee
Next time he should just take a cue from Ozzy Osbourne and take a leak on his Mexican flag at the Alamo.

Or, he can make his dog take a crap, pick up the crap with a mexican flag, and then throw it in the trash.

49 posted on 10/10/2007 6:25:13 PM PDT by Vision Thing (self destructocrat)
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To: Travis McGee

Has it come to this?
I think it has. Millions of media-conformist consumer units would endorse this prosecution, yet would automatically defend some traitorous terror tool’s right to burn an American flag. Worse, they wouldn’t give the inconsistency a second thought.
In the crazy world of the pop left, it is not inconsistent, since both the prosecution of Mr. Bohmfak and the burning of the American flag serve the same goals- the destruction of a value system that is antithetical to media-based authoritarianism.


50 posted on 10/10/2007 6:26:17 PM PDT by atomic conspiracy (Rousing the blog-rabble since 9-11-01)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Why can’t the morons who burn flags (of any country, including our own) do it on THEIR OWN PROPERTY!


51 posted on 10/10/2007 6:27:59 PM PDT by Clemenza (Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
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To: janetgreen
The LA riot report blames the police for "driving" the instigators into the crowd.

As if all they had to do was say (en espanol), "Now, you boys with the rocks and bottles, please sit down so we can arrest you."

As if the provacateurs running into the crowd after rocking the police wasn't El Plan.

52 posted on 10/10/2007 6:32:27 PM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: justa-hairyape
The city of Los Angeles is gone. Lost to Mexico.

It's more than that, it's the primary beachhead of the reconquista.


53 posted on 10/10/2007 6:34:24 PM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: SwinneySwitch
Park police cited Bohmfalk for illegal burning of rubbish, even it was a Mexican flag he set ablaze.

Well, technically, they are correct. :-)

54 posted on 10/10/2007 6:43:28 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Repeal the Terrible Two - the 16th and 17th Amendments. Sink LOST! Stop SPP!)
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To: SwinneySwitch

“...burning rubbish....”
I would be very proud to be cited for this offense. A more true citation was probably never given.


55 posted on 10/10/2007 6:58:25 PM PDT by whipitgood (Let's burn some MEXICAN flags!)
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To: indylindy; SwinneySwitch; Liz; Borax Queen
If I were Bush, I would buy me some land in Paraguay.

oooooops. He's already done gone and dun that.....like THOUSANDS of acres...... : )

(course, I know you know dat)

56 posted on 10/10/2007 7:25:28 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: SwinneySwitch

This guy has got to have relatives in Egypt. A town there’s named after him or his family.


57 posted on 10/10/2007 7:44:13 PM PDT by DaGman (`)
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To: SwinneySwitch

” Park police cited Bohmfalk for illegal burning of rubbish”

The Mexican flag could be clasified as Rubbish so maybe they can make the charge stick.


58 posted on 10/10/2007 7:56:23 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: Travis McGee
And the Los Angeles Mayor even had a Spanish Speaking Hot Latina Network Babe delivered to him. Hard to fight those Reconquista Tactics.
59 posted on 10/11/2007 12:17:52 AM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: SwinneySwitch

If he gets a fair judge, he just needs to make a motion to dismiss based on the fact he was cited on a law that does not exist.


60 posted on 10/11/2007 12:19:41 AM PDT by LukeL
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