It's scary how stupid people are sometimes. Freedom of speech is as American as the first amendment of the US Constitution that protects it for all US citizens. Yet morons, consistently and over and over and over again, can't seem to grasp that and think they are "defending America" by shutting down free speech they don't like.
This type of "American Idiot" (love u, Green Day!) pass illegal laws then abuse, arrest and charge one of our fellow citizens for exercising his constitutionally protected rights, rights people fought and died for. Then, every time and inevitably, a judge shuts them down and the get taught a lesson about what being a real American is actually all about. And THEY are then the ones who are penalized - called it a "moron tax," if you will.
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"PITTSBURGH (AP) – A central Pennsylvania man arrested for painting the letters “AIM” on an American flag that he flew upside down on his house has settled his civil rights lawsuit for more than $55,000.
The Altoona Mirror reports Friday that supervisors in Allegheny Township, Blair County, have approved letting their insurance company pay the money to Joshuaa Brubaker.
He’s part Native American and says “AIM” stands for the American Indian Movement. He says he flew the flag on his porch in Allegheny Township in May 2014 to protest plans to route the proposed Keystone Pipeline through the site of the Wounded Knee confrontation in South Dakota.
The charges against Brubaker were later dismissed by a judge who agreed his actions were protected speech. The township has advised its police to no longer enforce the state’s flag desecration laws."
Allegheny Township and it's police force = AMERICAN IDIOTS
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2016/07/22/local-man-gets-55k-in-arrest-over-upside-down-flag/