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| FedEx Driver Saves American Flag From Protesters Trying to Burn It |
| 2017-01-28 |
| [Wash Times] FedEx drivers in Iowa can deliver packages in hurry — or stop the American flag from going up in flames. Reminiscent of Chicago Cubs outfielder Rick Monday famously grabbing Old Glory from flag-burning protesters at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles in 1976, a FedEx driver in Iowa City was captured on video snatching away a flag at Dakota Access Pipeline protest. A reporter for the Iowa Press-Citizen uploaded video Thursday of the protest, which got heated when a group of individuals voicing fears of the “Illuminati” and “fascism” were confronted by the driver as they attempted to set the flag ablaze. “All you guys back off! Back off!” the man said after grabbing one of the flags and trying to secure another. “I don’t agree with Trump, but this s– is not how you unite a country,” added a passerby. Nearby officers arrested two of the protesters because the group failed to obtain a permit from the local fire department, an ABC affiliate reported Thursday. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 Free expression was not quashed but Iowa law upheld :D Laws against littering or being a public nuisance can be used with great flexibility and discretion. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-01-28 16:09 |
| #7 #5 - glad to hear, but that wasn't what they were saying at 5AM PST when I was leaving the casita for work |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-01-28 15:55 |
| #6 Wonder if FedEx would've done the same, say, between 2008 and 2016? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-01-28 14:11 |
| #5 #3 Frank, not so, Fed-Ex is backing the driver according to this Fox News article FedEx backing driver |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-01-28 13:54 |
| #4 2 were arrested for failing to secure a Burn Permit from the FD before the protest. Free expression was not quashed but Iowa law upheld :D |
| Posted by: Whavish Thusoling5684 2017-01-28 12:31 |
| #3 Per FoxNews: he's being disciplined by FedEx |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-01-28 11:52 |
| #2 On the one hand what the driver did is theft. But on the other I think it should be a legally binding way to relinquish American citizenship. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-01-28 07:06 |
| #1 God bless him. I pray that FedEx is smart enough to leave the driver alone. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2017-01-28 00:40 |