Hate Crime..

[Inkpen]

I thought I had seen all sorts of acts of hate, until this:

ORCAS ISLAND, Wash. (AP) - Vandals burned dozens of small American flags that decorated veterans' graves for Memorial Day and replaced many of them with hand-drawn swastikas, authorities said Monday.

Forty-six flags were burned completely and another 33 were found in charred tatters Sunday in the cemetery, authorities said. Swastikas drawn on paper appeared where 14 of the flags had been.

Members of the American Legion on this island off Washington's northwest coast replaced the burned flags with new ones Sunday afternoon.

The vandals repeated the stunt on Memorial Day after a guard left at dawn, the San Juan County sheriff's office said. This time, the vandals left 33 of the hand-drawn swastikas.

"This is not an act of free speech. This is a crime," Sheriff Bill Cumming said in a statement released Monday afternoon.

Sheriff's department officials declined to comment further on Monday.

 

[High EGT]

I thought I had seen all sorts of acts of hate, until this:

No surprise since patrotizm taught in our public schools is nill add to that some self centered parenting and wa-la you have a group of (likely) bored teens going out and commiting these acts. Wouldn,t be surpised if inspiration came from watching re-runs of Jack-Ass.

 

[mainman]

If someone feels the need to burn the flag,

I just ask that they wrap themselves up in it first....

 

[virgovictoria]

If someone feels the need to burn the flag,

I just ask that they wrap themselves up in it first....

With a fresh coat of accelerant to seal the deal.

 

[High EGT]

With a fresh coat of accelerant to seal the deal.

All thats needed now is a careless ignition source

 

[vraiblonde]

I'm surprised that the Sheriff would even mention the words "free speech" in connection with this crime.

 

[Pushrod]

I thought I had seen all sorts of acts of hate, until this:

Wasn't Forestfool spending his holiday up in Washington State?