Hey, look, a loony from Ohio!
Aug. 10th, 2006 12:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingConservative political activist June Griffin has been arrested for the theft of a Mexican flag from a Dayton business.
The 67-year-old Ms. Griffin, who ran for Congress in the recent election, is facing misdemeanor charges of theft, vandalism and harassment and felony charges of civil rights violations. She said on July 18 she had noticed a small Mexican flag at an Hispanic grocery in the former Rogers Drug Store.
She stated, "I went in and there was nothing English in the store. There was one man who could not speak a word of English." She said she was outraged about the Mexican flag, saying it was an "act of war" and it "insulted my citizenship."
Ms. Griffin said as the Hispanic man watched, she tore off the flag from where it was suctioned to the building and left with it. She had been to local governments trying without success to get them to ban all but American flags.
The 67-year-old Ms. Griffin, who ran for Congress in the recent election, is facing misdemeanor charges of theft, vandalism and harassment and felony charges of civil rights violations. She said on July 18 she had noticed a small Mexican flag at an Hispanic grocery in the former Rogers Drug Store.
She stated, "I went in and there was nothing English in the store. There was one man who could not speak a word of English." She said she was outraged about the Mexican flag, saying it was an "act of war" and it "insulted my citizenship."
Ms. Griffin said as the Hispanic man watched, she tore off the flag from where it was suctioned to the building and left with it. She had been to local governments trying without success to get them to ban all but American flags.
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Date: 2006-08-10 05:14 pm (UTC)I suppose the migrant farm workers here in Ohio who likewise don't speak any English are also insulting her citizenship? Jesus fuck.
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Date: 2006-08-10 05:30 pm (UTC)(Nationalities I have personally encountered there: Mexican, Salvadorean, Vietnamese, Korean, Arab, Somali, Cambodian, and at least one other I forget. And those are just the ones I recognized.)
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Date: 2006-08-10 06:47 pm (UTC)-- Steve doesn't mind a little "love of country", but hates it when it's at the expense of everyone else.
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