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Marine Corps reservist won't be charged in flag rescue
2008-03-19
MIDWEST CITY -- A U.S. Marine Corps reservist won't be charged for ignoring police requests and wading into a protest to rescue an American Flag. Ray Adam Modisette, 20, said he was reacting to a war protester who was stuffing an American flag down her pants.

Midwest City Assistant City Attorney Randal Homburg said he thinks there are grounds to prosecute Modisette for an act of civil disobedience, but he said that at the request of police, he's declining to file charges.

Modisette of Shawnee was arrested Friday afternoon on a complaint of interfering with official police process. "We believe the act was emotional and not really deliberate," Midwest City Police Chief Brandon Clabes said. "It caused us to take action, but we hated to have to do it."

Modisette was leaving Tinker Air Force Base in his car Friday when he saw the protester with the flag. He said he turned around and headed for the crowd to get the flag. He was handcuffed after ignoring several requests by officers to move away from the small group of demonstrators from Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan.
Posted by:tu3031

#6  Marine Corps reservist won't be charged in flag rescue.

He'd demand his jury trial. What DA in his sane moments would ever even contemplate attempting that? That isn't the Peoples Republic of Berkley. A waste of money and time, not to mention any reelection possibilities.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-03-19 21:05  

#5  Maybe instead of pulling the flag out of her pants, he should have just set it on fire.

What? Burning the American flag is legal....
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-03-19 19:11  

#4  I ran into some of the Westboro nuts at our state capital and was almost arrested for harassing them myself. Every single state should go after this group's non profit status and should criminally prosecute these bastards. I witnessed them forcing their toddler children to participate in these activities like standing on American flags.

Personally I think these people should be shot for treason. They protest almost exclusively at the funerals of American soldiers.

They protested one time in my neck of the woods. They were invited back for a special party, but none showed up. Shame that!
Posted by: ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding   2008-03-19 14:20  

#3  And the best prophylactic of all, as a 20 year old reservist, not enough assets to make it worth the Westboro leaches time to sue.
Posted by: ed   2008-03-19 13:52  

#2  Not to worry TW dear, I am sure Modisette as a Marine reservist has his tet, hepatitis-b/c, japanese encephylitis & anthrax shots up to date.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2008-03-19 13:45  

#1  Stuffing a flag down her pants? Ick! We do not, after all, know where her hands have been.
Posted by: trailing wife   2008-03-19 13:17  

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