A woman in South Ajova faces accusations after the authorities say she took off her clothes, stole American flags and set fire to this month.
Brianna Laird, 21, is confronted with accusations after the caller said June 16 It burned the stolen American flags, according to the court documents received by USA Today.
Although Burning American flags are kept under the first amendment, Laird was charged with a third -degree arson, an official’s attack, obscene impact, interference in official actions, fifth degree crime, storage of drug supplies, and fifth degree theft according to online court records.
Lairo, the lawyer did not immediately respond to the requests to comment on June 20.
Court documents: The woman struck and kicked the officer in opposition to arrest
June 16th Someone called dispatchers about a woman in Bussey, Ajova, about 60 miles southeast of des Moines. The caller said the naked woman “illuminates American flags” based on the court documents received by USA Today.
When the Marion County deputies arrived, they allegedly found Lairs, who had a American flag tied around his head and wore pants or underwear. The authorities said Lairs had taken the flags belonging to the city of Bussey and damaged them.
She gave the police a fake name and, when the deputies tried to arrest her, she struck one of them in the face, according to the documents. The deputies eventually fell into the rear seat of the patrol vehicle, but before one deputy could close the door, she kicked it.
When he arrived in prison, the authorities were looking for a Lairo bag and found drug supplies inside, according to court documents.
Is it legal to burn the American flag? Previous cases associated with flag -burning
Flag desecration and burning have long been discussions among US laws.
This issue was fervently challenged in previous cases, for example, in 1966. June An incident when the Brooklyn veteran burned the American flag in the corner of the street, when he found out that Freedom Forum was shot by civil rights activist James Meredith.
When a veteran was arrested for violating the New York flag law, he said, “Yes, that is my flag; I burned it. If they allowed it to happen to meredith, we don’t need the American flag.”
The New York Court of Appeal said the burning of the flag was an attempt to encourage violence that endangers the peace of society. Although the Supreme Court did not decide on the Law on Flag Degrading the Law he was accused of breaking, he ruled that he could not be punished for “oral disrespect for the flag,” under the Freedom Forum.
The Supreme Court changed the case and referred the case because the lawmakers could not agree whether he was convicted of the flag burning or the words he said at the time.
Although there are several laws for the state flag, if they are enforced, they will probably be abolished.
Although the first amendment is burning American flags, there are no surrounding actions such as theft.
What can people be accused of American flags?
According to the Freedom Forum, freedom of expression is more applied than the words spoken. This means that expressions such as flag burning, books, newspaper articles, online posts, theater and dance and even video games are considered “symbolic language”.
There are several cases where citizens could be accused of defamation of the flag, even if the action of the flag itself is protected, Freedom Forum said. For those who burn the flag in places where the risk of fire at high risk, there may be accusations of burning something, Freedom Forum said.
Like the latest case of Ajova, stealing someone’s flag burning can also be a criminal, the organization said.
“By burning the flag, to deliberately provoke a violent answer to someone’s answer or encourage others to encourage impending illegal violence, nor is it protected,” the Freedom Forum said.
Saleen Martin is a USA Today Now team reporter. It is from Norfolko, Virginia – 757
This article initially appeared in USA Today: Naked woman in Ajova is accused of stealing American flags by burning them