Hi, I just saw the current protests that surged due to Netanyahus speech in the US. I’m just curious to know why the authorities permit them burning the American flag and vandalism of monuments.
How do freedom of speech laws work in the United States and where’s the line drawn to the action one can take when protesting.
My goal isn’t to discuss politics, so abstain from taking the thread to that direction.
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Flag burning is mostly destruction of your personal property, which isn’t against the law. If it’s someone else’s flag, or a monument which you don’t own, then if the police can catch the perpetrators, they can do something about it. That said, police wading into a whole bunch of pissed off people to try and make an arrest can turn vandalism into a national tragedy. Also, if a whole bunch of taxpayers destroy a monument maintained with tax money, you might find yourself voted out of office if you try and press charges around such things.
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