Mexican flag flying above an american flag.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

good for him!

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

deja vu

[SteveLaura 0]

Illegal? Or etiquette?

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Illegal? Or etiquette?

Being illegal is one thing. Respect as just a tiny bit to do with it also. Of course some people dont get it.

[SteveLaura 0]

Illegal? Or etiquette?

Being illegal is one thing. Respect as just a tiny bit to do with it also. Of course some people dont get it.

They mentioned illegality in the clip. Is that right? I found a site on flag etiquette, but I'm wondering whether it is also illegal.

[nivesito 0]

Illegal? Or etiquette?

Being illegal is one thing. Respect as just a tiny bit to do with it also. Of course some people dont get it.

What's going on there (I mean in the States)? Where was that?

[SteveLaura 0]

OK, found something. Seems it is illegal.

[Alhamdulillah 0]

I don't know about the illegality of flying another flag over the american flag but I know for a fact that damaging and then stealing another person's property is against the law.

If this aired on the news there and the american man who was caught on camera damaging that shop owners property and then stealing his flag was not arrested and prosecuted there is something seriously wrong with this.

[Sister Fracas 5]

Rolling that "sacred" symbol into a ball... that's showing some great respect there.....idiot! I guess he should be hailed as a flag vigilante

I don't know about the illegality of flying another flag over the american flag but I know for a fact that damaging and then stealing another person's property is against the law.

If this aired on the news there and the american man who was caught on camera damaging that shop owners property and then stealing his flag was not arrested and prosecuted there is something seriously wrong with this.

agreed!

[Alhamdulillah 0]

OK, found something. Seems it is illegal.

Yeah, what he said

[john_and_marlene 162]

The United States Flag Code establishes advisory rules for display and care of the flag of the United States. It is title 4 of the United States Code: 4 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. This is a U.S. federal law, but there is no penalty for failure to comply with them and they are not widely enforced — indeed, punitive enforcement would conflict with the First Amendment right to freedom of speech, as the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled when the subject has come up in the past. (The Flag Desecration Amendment that has been proposed from time to time would override Supreme Court rulings on the matter.)

This etiquette is as applied within U.S. jurisdiction. In other countries and places, local etiquette applies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

OK, found something. Seems it is illegal.

Like I said "he dont get it"

[SteveLaura 0]

The United States Flag Code establishes advisory rules for display and care of the flag of the United States. It is title 4 of the United States Code: 4 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. This is a U.S. federal law, but there is no penalty for failure to comply with them and they are not widely enforced — indeed, punitive enforcement would conflict with the First Amendment right to freedom of speech, as the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled when the subject has come up in the past. (The Flag Desecration Amendment that has been proposed from time to time would override Supreme Court rulings on the matter.)

This etiquette is as applied within U.S. jurisdiction. In other countries and places, local etiquette applies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code

OK. I'm confused. It is illegal. But it is not widely enforced. And there's no punishment anyway. So it's like one of those ice cream cone laws, then?

[SteveLaura 0]

I don't know about the illegality of flying another flag over the american flag but I know for a fact that damaging and then stealing another person's property is against the law.

If this aired on the news there and the american man who was caught on camera damaging that shop owners property and then stealing his flag was not arrested and prosecuted there is something seriously wrong with this.

The Reno police department has told krnv that Brossert will faces charges for theft if the store owner files a police report of what happened.

Source

[john_and_marlene 162]

I don't know about the illegality of flying another flag over the american flag but I know for a fact that damaging and then stealing another person's property is against the law.

If this aired on the news there and the american man who was caught on camera damaging that shop owners property and then stealing his flag was not arrested and prosecuted there is something seriously wrong with this.

The Reno police department has told krnv that Brossert will faces charges for theft if the store owner files a police report of what happened.

Source

If he is charged, he should ask for a jury trial. I think his chances of conviction in that case would be quite low.