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jpak

(41,760 posts) Fri Jul 24, 2015, 05:11 PM Jul 2015

Pennsylvania man arrested after burning Confederate flag

Source: Bangor Daily News

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — A Pennsylvania man has been arrested for setting fire to a plastic Confederate battle flag attached to a parked pickup truck, in an apparent drunken impulse, police said Friday.

Mathew Becker of Hanover admitted setting fire to the flag at 5:30 a.m. July 17 in the parking lot of a local convenience store, local police said.

“It was a crime of opportunity,” Lt. Chad Martin of the Hanover Police Department said. “He was not upset about the flag. He was walking by, he had a lighter in his hand, and he was intoxicated.”

Becker, 47, who was identified by surveillance video, was arraigned Thursday on counts of reckless burning, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, police said.

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Pennsylvania man arrested after burning Confederate flag (Original Post) jpak Jul 2015 OP

cheap poly flags melt and make a mess.best to just pee on them but thats public urination crime. Sunlei Jul 2015 #1

Yeah. I can see that. Both the arson and the arrest . . . Journeyman Jul 2015 #2

And a new American tradition was born. snort Jul 2015 #3

"Reckless burning," Hoppy Jul 2015 #4

I can kind of see this one. christx30 Jul 2015 #5

Burning in circumstances that could cause a threat to life or property Yo_Mama Jul 2015 #6

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

1. cheap poly flags melt and make a mess.best to just pee on them but thats public urination crime.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 05:17 PM

Jul 2015

Journeyman

(15,041 posts)

2. Yeah. I can see that. Both the arson and the arrest . . .

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 05:17 PM

Jul 2015

snort

(2,334 posts)

3. And a new American tradition was born.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 05:19 PM

Jul 2015

Remember folks, on July 23 get drunk and burn a shitty flag!

Hoppy

(3,595 posts)

4. "Reckless burning,"

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 05:48 PM

Jul 2015

Sometimes they must pull these charges out of their asses.

christx30

(6,241 posts)

5. I can kind of see this one.

Reply to Hoppy (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 06:27 PM

Jul 2015

Trucks and fire don't always get along. But the one where she burned it in a grill shouldn't have been charged.

Yo_Mama

(8,303 posts)

6. Burning in circumstances that could cause a threat to life or property

Reply to Hoppy (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 25, 2015, 03:22 PM

Jul 2015

The charge is certainly warranted, and I'm sure that if the person had not been drunk better judgment would have prevailed.

You can't go around lighting fires on or near vehicles. It's a hazard even for electric vehicles, which have batteries that can catch fire under certain circumstances.

Think of the "reckless" like the reckless in reckless driving.

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