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Police investigate photo of Pennsylvania student stomping on American flag
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:26 am
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:26 am
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It shows a male student stomping on the flag and a female student flips off the camera and sticking out her tongue.
Both the Richland Township School District and Police department have acknowledged the situation and say they're looking into it, WJAC reported.
However the legal experts say that students cannot be punished by law for sending an offensive message.
The only charges that could be brought would be in relation to vandalism, assuming that the flag is school property.
'The Supreme Court made it clear that using the flag as part of a protest, even burning a flag, is protected by the First Amendment,' a legal director from the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania told WJAC.
'There could not be criminal charges brought against the students.'
The photo has been shared thousands of times on Facebook. Parents have been made away of it and are outraged.
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This post was edited on 2/16/16 at 9:27 am
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Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:27 am to John88
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Police investigate photo of Pennsylvania student stomping on American flag
Great use of resources, idiots.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:27 am to John88
Quick investigation: catch him, deport him.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:28 am to John88
Nothing they can do about it. It's protected under free speech.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:29 am to John88
Expel them, arrest them for vandalism and call it a day
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:31 am to John88
Let me catch you stomping on the flag. You wont need the police.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:36 am to bencoleman
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18 U.S. Code § 700 - Desecration of the flag of the United States; penalties
(a)
(1) Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon any flag of the United States shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(2) This subsection does not prohibit any conduct consisting of the disposal of a flag when it has become worn or soiled.
(b) As used in this section, the term “flag of the United States” means any flag of the United States, or any part thereof, made of any substance, of any size, in a form that is commonly displayed.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as indicating an intent on the part of Congress to deprive any State, territory, possession, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico of jurisdiction over any offense over which it would have jurisdiction in the absence of this section.
(d)
(1) An appeal may be taken directly to the Supreme Court of the United States from any interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order issued by a United States district court ruling upon the constitutionality of subsection (a).
(2) The Supreme Court shall, if it has not previously ruled on the question, accept jurisdiction over the appeal and advance on the docket and expedite to the greatest extent possible.
(Added Pub. L. 90–381, §?1, July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 291; amended Pub. L. 101–131, §§?2, 3, Oct. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 777.)
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:40 am to USAF Hart
Yeah, that law is completely unconstitutional.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:41 am to lsu2006
How so?
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:43 am to USAF Hart
The First Amendment, for one. Also US v. Eichman.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:43 am to Elgringo
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Let me catch you stomping on the flag. You wont need the police.
You wouldn't do shite
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:44 am to Elgringo
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Let me catch you stomping on the flag. You wont need the police.
Just earplugs?
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:44 am to USAF Hart
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How so
Read Scalia's Opinion?
Assuming it's the school's flag, though, why are school disciplinary issues so quickly law enforcement issues? So dumb.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:45 am to John88
who gives a frick
cops desperate for something to do
cops desperate for something to do
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:46 am to John88
Federal government is a big fat pig.
Burning it symbolizes you don't agree with the president.
Burning it symbolizes states rights.
Burning it symbolizes the people's freedom from government / police suppression
/rant
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:47 am to John88
future benefactors of the United States governments' welfare. sigh.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:48 am to Rickety Cricket
I would make you my bitch.
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:49 am to Elgringo
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I would make you my bitch.
It always goes straight to butt sex with your types huh?
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:50 am to Elgringo
Posted on 2/16/16 at 9:53 am to John88
future welfare recipients.
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