The guy broke all sorts of laws and made terroristic threats. My guess is that the fact that this man stole the flag and then burnt it in front of an establishment as an act of intimidation violated a number of laws outside of simply lighting a flag on fire, which is constitutionally protected.Įdit: Confirmed. Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, was found guilty last month of third-degree arson. You are no longer simply burning a couple of sticks in the shape of a cross. An Ames man was sentenced Wednesday to about 16 years in prison after he set fire to a church's LGBTQ flag in June. But if you go to somebody’s house and burn a cross in front of their house as an active intimidation, you are breaking a different set of laws. The sentences are to be served consecutively. Officers testified that upon his arrest, Mayfield said he didn’t understand how burning a flag could be a felony. In this case, the perpetrator was apologetic, saying I have gay friends and I apologize to my neighbors. Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years for the hate crime of arson and given a year for reckless use of explosives or fire and 30 days for harassment. The New York City Police Department broke the news on Twitter that they had arrested Singleton for burning three gay pride flags flown outside of the Alibi Lounge, a gay bar in Harlem. Cameron Mayfield was 23 when he burned a gay pride flag belonging to his neighbors in Omaha, Nebraska.
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30-year-old Adolfo Martinez, according to the Des Moines Register, was arrested after stealing a pride banner and later burning it outside a strip club. Dozens of anti-LGBT protesters scuffled with police during the opening event of Kiev Pride week, in the Ukrainian capital, Tuesday.Video ID: 20170613 045Vide.
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There are also harassment laws I would think that would prevent somebody from lighting something on fire as an act of intimidation or harassment.įor example, I am sure you can burn a Cross at your own house every day of the week and be entirely free of consequence. NEVADA, Iowa (AP) A man has been imprisoned for burning an LGBTQ flag that was flying at a church in central Iowa. An Iowa man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after setting a local church’s LGBTQ flag on fire this past June.
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But you have to burn that flag in a space where are you are allowed to light things on fire. Generally speaking, I believe you should be able to burn any flag you want completely free of consequence. Adolfo Martinez stole a gay pride flag flying outside a church and. There seems to be a lot and missing from the OP. An incredible story out of Iowa, where an Ames man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for burning an LGBTQ rainbow flag.