Title made it sound like you’re allowed to burn every pride flag in sight. So yeah, I thought that was always allowed. You could set fire to your own belongings, what’s new?
Yeah that’s pretty much the definition of a hate crime. They’re doing it specifically to scare and intimidate people of certain groups. I hope the charges stick.
Is that even legal? 1st amendment and all that. Also that’s destroying personal property.
Burning flags you own are your first amendment right.
Title made it sound like you’re allowed to burn every pride flag in sight. So yeah, I thought that was always allowed. You could set fire to your own belongings, what’s new?
Burning flags you don’t own is definitely arson. In this case a slam dunk hate crime conviction as well.
Not that far from me someone was caught ripping a pride flag down and they said they were looking at hate crime charges.
Yeah that’s pretty much the definition of a hate crime. They’re doing it specifically to scare and intimidate people of certain groups. I hope the charges stick.
I agree. It’s really not that different from say spray painting KKK on a black church. It wasn’t the act it was the intention and the goal.
All pride flags should be made out of some weird plastic stuff that doesn’t burn right.