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-Land of the Free
Meet the Folckomers
2016-06-21
[Charleston Post and Courier] A scuffle over Confederate flags Saturday at The Battery landed two tourists in jail.

The S.C. Secessionist Party was putting on its weekly display of Southern flags. A woman walking by broke two small Confederate flags off a parked truck and ran away with them, according to a Charleston police report. Party founder James Bessenger, 27, took off running after her.

A man stepped in front of Bessenger and kept grabbing him so he couldn't chase the young woman, according to the report. Police were called.

Police identified the woman who broke off the flags as Lydia Folckomer, 22, of Brooklyn, N.Y. She told officers she grabbed the flags because they upset her.

The man who grabbed Bessenger was identified as her father, Paul Folckomer, 50, of Brevard, N.C. He told officers he grabbed Bessenger to keep him from chasing his daughter.

The daughter was charged with malicious injury to real property. Her father was charged with simple assault. They spent the night in jail and were released on bail Sunday afternoon.
Posted by:Besoeker

#9  Lucky they didn't get a heapin helping of hospitality, which next time means an extended stay at Roper-St.Francis,

hospital that is, ER, Surgery, Imaging,
/Sandy Catheter

Posted by: Shipman   2016-06-21 21:56  

#8  Y'all come back, now. Hear?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2016-06-21 15:36  

#7  A father saw a man chasing after his daughter and stopped him. Nobody is going to do nada to him.

Probably right but at least he spent one night in the pokey. Feel good story of the day.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2016-06-21 15:32  

#6  Due process Grom...
Out-of-town agitators (from NY!) messin with a local man's truck then gettin in a tussle with the owner during a flag ceremony?
This bears further inspection!
I'm sure there was some slanderous name calling (battery) during which the owner was intimidated as well as the 'simple assault' wherein the woman was an accessory (or lure if you will) before the act.

I'll bet they were jailed for their own protection. Everybody loves a night in the tank.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-06-21 14:46  

#5  Or, be serious, 49 pan. A father saw a man chasing after his daughter and stopped him. Nobody is going to do nada to him.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-06-21 12:52  

#4  The father failed to teach his little girl that there are consequences for her actions. Now he will not only pay her court fees but his as well. Dumbass, one step away from a Darwin contender.
Posted by: 49 pan   2016-06-21 12:22  

#3  It's on! Social justice Koreshes
Raid South Carolina Seceshes
In drive-by deflagging.
But why? Knuckle-dragging
The US toward where Bangladesh is.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2016-06-21 11:12  

#2  Stories of their trip to Charleston they can share around the fire when they return home.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-06-21 08:29  

#1  Made her feel like human rights activists from the 60es?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-06-21 05:18  

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