Police Investigate 'unpatriotic' Photo Of High School Students Stomping On The American Flag

[BostonBurns]

Ooh, kids are so innovating and original these days; this has probably never been done before

Obviously a big parenting fail in their lives.

Police investigate 'unpatriotic' photo of high school students stomping on the American flag and flipping off the camera

• The photo was posted to Facebook on Saturday
• It was taken inside a Richland Township classroom in Pennsylvania
• Police investigated but say it is the responsibility of the district
• Legal experts say the students have not committed a crime
• The only charges that could be brought would be in relation to vandalism

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s-stomping-American-flag-flipping-camera.html

Police in Pennsylvania have begun investigating a vulgar photo that was posted online, showing a male and female student stomping on an American flag and flipping off

The shot, which emerged on social media at the weekend, appears to have been taken in a Richland Township classroom.

It shows a male student stomping on the flag and a female student flips off the camera and sticking out her tongue.

Both the Richland Township School District and Police department have acknowledged the situation and say they're looking into it, WJAC reported.

Students cannot be punished by law for sending an offensive message, according to legal experts.

The only charges that could be brought would be in relation to vandalism, assuming that the flag is school property.

'The Supreme Court made it clear that using the flag as part of a protest, even burning a flag, is protected by the First Amendment,' a legal director from the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania told WJAC.

'There could not be criminal charges brought against the students.'

The photo has been shared thousands of times on Facebook. Parents have been made away of it and are outraged.

'I thought it was disrespectful. It definitely wasn't a representation of what Richland school district is,' said Mindy Wadsworth, a Richland township parent.

'As a parent of a Richland student, I hope that's not how I would hope my child would act.'

 

[gatekeeper]

Was going to make a crack about at least being "radical" enough to state your reason why, but apparently this flag stomping thing became a big deal back in May of last year. If you google the keywords with the word "why" you'll get all kinds of various reasons. I wish they'd have told Daily Mail theirs instead of just looking bored and lame.

 

[BostonBurns]

Spoiled fucking brats...

They must have been beaten-down and disenfranchised from the mean, mean streets of Richland Township! Lol!

http://www.city-data.com/township/Richland-Cambria-PA.html

Land area: 20.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 12,598 (92% urban, 8% rural)
Males: 5,811

(46.1%)
Females: 6,787

(53.9%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 10,762 (8,776 owner occupied, 1,986 renter occupied)
% of renters here:

18%
State:


29%

Races in Richland township:

• White Non-Hispanic: 96.8%
• Black: 0.7%
• American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
• Asian: 1.4%
• Two or more races: 0.4%
• Some other race: 0.0%

Median age of males: 41.5
Median age of females: 43.3

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Average household size: 2.27

Richland township:


2.3 people
Pennsylvania:


2.5 people
Average family size: 2.84

Estimated median household income in 2009: $46,727 ($36,280 in 1999)
This township:
$46,727
Pennsylvania:
$49,520

Read more: http://www.city-data.com/township/Richland-Cambria-PA.html#ixzz40OWFNdAe

 

[Jake88]

I'd piss on the American Flag... IF

I was standing on the largest flag ever made and I really really had to piss and I'm there running trying to get off this gigantic fucking flag and I'm running and this flag is just never ending it just keeps going and going and then next thing you know I trip and I land so hard I piss myself. Then I'd just let it all out. AAAHHHHHHHHHHH. Or EEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH I should say.

Don't worry, I love you guys.