Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Flag vandalism suspected in Rockaway


From CBS New York:

It’s a mystery in Rockaway Park – someone or something is making a mockery of the American flag, and residents want to know what is causing it.

Old Glory waves prominently along Rockaway Beach Boulevard, mounted on angular poles that are attached to utility posts between Beach 110th and Beach 116th streets.

...over the weekend, some American flags on the strip disappeared. Poles were bent, and some flags were left dangling.

Many residents said given that the damage was done just before Independence Day, it is disgraceful.

A representative of the local community board said the main concern right now is safety. The board is looking to have the poles taken down before someone gets hurt.

The Rockaway Civic Association put up most of the flags right after Superstorm Sandy. Others, including the now-damaged ones, went up around Memorial Day.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not impossible but difficult to prosecute because of a a Supreme Court decision which invalidated flag desecration laws.

Anonymous said...

ISIS or leftover socialists?

Anonymous said...

Anon 1 you're an idiot. That case had absolutely nothing to do with someone else's property. Saying someone can burn a flag they lawfully obtained as a form of free speech in no way permits vandals to damage a flag they don't own.

Anonymous said...

To many Democrats the American flag represents Oppression and a movement has begun to take it down by law or force
America has destroyed itself by voting in liberal America socialist Haters.


Anonymous said...

Anon No. 4:

It does? It has begun? Only in the imagination of right-wing extremists.

Anonymous said...

There will be several Flag Burning parties in Brooklyn and NYC this weekend,Enjoy the festivities Anon#5

Anonymous said...

If You see an old guy wearing a bow tie..........

Anon No.5 said...

I'll enjoy those idiots getting arrested.