It was the most turbulent protest since the four-day convention began on Monday. The chaos briefly prevented delegates and members of the media from getting into the Quicken Loans Arena for the evening’s proceedings.
Among those arrested was Gregory “Joey” Johnson, whose torching of the flag at a GOP convention three decades ago led to the landmark 1989 U.S. Supreme Court decision that said flag-burning is speech protected by the First Amendment.
Two officers were assaulted and suffered minor injuries, police said. One officer was seen bleeding from an elbow. Two of those arrested were charged with felonious assault on a police officer, the rest with failure to disperse.
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6 comments:
"Police Chief Calvin Williams said a protester whose pants caught fire got defensive when a police officer tried to put out the blaze." The officer was reported to have said - YOU'RE ON FIRE STUPID!
Might be protected speech but that doesn't mean you can burn the flag or anything else in the middle of a city street or a sidewalk.
See how violent these anti Trump people are. They get themselves worked up in these violent frenzies that they don't even realize they caught themselves on fire. You can not trust these anti Trump people. They are inherently violent.
Burning an American flag is protected speech, but you can't fly an anti Hillary banner across Ocean City. As a veteran it makes me sick!
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Veterans have been duped.
Educate yourself about the military flag and all of this government's war crimes. Stop supporting war criminals. Disobey illegal orders. Defend the US Constitution to which you swore an oath of allegiance.
Burn the flag in front of me you will need police and an ambulance. I will wear you head out !!!!
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