Posted on 08/23/2017 1:58:07 PM PDT by detective
Good work by CNN to report on vandalism of monuments since Charlottesville’s mob violence last week.
(Excerpt) Read more at aim.org ...
Things are getting out of control. ESPN isn’t going to allow an Asian reporter to call a UVA game because his name is Robert Lee...
The following was originally posted by Freeper native texan
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Confederate soldiers, sailors, and Marines that fought in the Civil war were made U.S. Veterans by an act of Congress in in 1957, U.S. Public Law 85-425, Sec 410, Approved 23 May, 1958. This made all Confederate Army/ Navy/ Marine Veterans equal to U.S. Veterans.
Additionally, under U.S. Public Law 810, Approved by the 17th Congress on 26 Feb 1929 the War Department was directed to erect headstones and recognize Confederate grave sites as U.S. War dead grave sites. Just for the record the last Confederate veteran died in 1958. When you remove a Confederate statue, monument or headstone, you are in fact, removing a statue, monument or head stone of a U.S. VETERAN.
18 U.S. Code § 1369 - Destruction of veterans’ memorials
(a) Whoever, in a circumstance described in subsection (b), willfully injures or destroys, or attempts to injure or destroy, any structure, plaque, statue, or other monument on public property commemorating the service of any person or persons in the armed forces of the United States shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
(b) A circumstance described in this subsection is that—
(1) in committing the offense described in subsection (a), the defendant travels or causes another to travel in interstate or foreign commerce, or uses the mail or an instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce; or
(2) the structure, plaque, statue, or other monument described in subsection (a) is located on property owned by, or under the jurisdiction of, the Federal Government.
Gohmert's statement refers to this video clip which circulated immediately after the riot at Charlottesville:
The individual in that video making this claim is Charles Patrick. He is not the eye witness, however, he promised to follow through and did follow through with a lengthy and shockingly revealing
In addition to the above, Baron Bodissey at TheGatesofVienna blog posted:
We no longer have the rule of rule. Get with it. /sarc
I just saw that they covered the Statues of Lee and Jackson today with black tarps. I guess if you can’t remove them you just don’t let anyone see them.
Pathetic.
any MLK monuments defaced ? Street signs blacked out even?
Get busy boys
Meanwhile, in Canada, the monuments still stand to Louis Riel and the M’etis Rebellion. Riel was hanged for treason and murder.
And in Australia, the Eureka Rebellion (which only lasted one hour) is still honored. Even the flag is cherished.
But in the USA, the Pavlov’s Dogs are salivating and foaming at the mouths against any remembrances of a historical past.
Reporting or celebrating?
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