ANTIFA ARRESTED FOR BURNING US FLAG A protester in Los Angeles is arrested after burning an American flag during a May Day rally. A protester in Los Angeles is arrested after burning an American flag during a May Day rally. See more videosThe Supreme Court ruled more than a quarter-century ago that burning the American flag as an act of protest is protected speech under the 1st Amendment, and it found laws specifically banning the burning of the flag to be unconstitutional. To perceive the burning of a flag as an act of arson is, to put it generously, a cynical use of the laws and police power. Watching the video of the protest and arrest makes it clear the man was engaged in lawful protest.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 02, 2017 19:50 UTC