ivy league flag burning

[econophile]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/04/ny...d-yale.html?hp

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Three Yale Students Arrested for Flag Burning

By JOHN HOLUSHA
Published: April 4, 2007
Three Yale University students were arrested early Tuesday morning for burning an American flag on a pole attached to a house in New Haven, the Yale Daily News reported today.

The three men, all of foreign origin, were charged with offenses ranging from reckless endangerment to arson and were held in jail Tuesday night after a judge refused to release them without bail.

According to the newspaper, the New Haven police said the men — two freshmen and a senior — first attracted police attention at about 3 a.m. Tuesday when they asked two offcers for directions back to their residence. They were identified as Said Hyder Akbar, 23, Nikolaos Angelopoulos, 19, and Farhad Anklesaria, also 19.

The two officers returned to the neighborhood shortly afterward and found the flag burning in front of a house. One officer pulled down the flag to keep the fire from spreading and the other tracked down the three men. The police said the men admitted to starting the blaze, the newspaper reported.

Mr. Anklesaria was identified as a British subject and Mr. Angelopoulos as a citizen of Greece. Mr. Akbar was born in Pakistan and is a naturalized American citizen, the newspaper said.

Mr. Akbar is the author of a published memoir, “Come Back to Afghanistan,” describing his experiences over three summers spent observing reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan and acting as an informal translator for American forces there.


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thoughts?

[bobman0330]

Was it their house? If so, this is BS. If not, then standard.

[guids]

Was it their flag? Im obv against the act, but Im for their right to do it, but if they burnt a flag that doesnt belong to them, while it is still on a pole, I think they should have to answer. Im going to assume that it wasnt their flag or pole, and that they are just douche bags.


edit: even if it was their flag on their poll, I dont think that having flaming bits of flag flying off at 30ft above ground is real smart, and probably endangering nearby buildings, so screw them for being to stupid to protest correctly.

[jws43yale]

Funny thing is that if they had been on campus they probably wouldn't have even been arrested. More likely applauded. But New Have Police are not Yale Police, so they don't get the liberal treatment.

[disjunction]

Yale is still an Ivy?

[Borodog]

My thoughts: Most misleading headline of the week? They weren't arrested for flag burning. They were arrested for reckless endangerment and arson.

[jws43yale]

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Yale is still an Ivy?

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Yes, one of the eight who play in the Ivy League sports conference.

[AngusThermopyle]

New Haven Register Story

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Three Yale University students are charged with burning an American flag hanging from the porch of a Chapel Street home early Tuesday in the Wooster Square neighborhood.

When detained by police a few blocks away, they allegedly acknowledged it was a "dumb thing to do," according to a police report on the incident.

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Not their home.

[drexah]

burning the american flag in the u.s. really confuses and irritates me...get the [censored] out then?

[Mench]

Ah, JWS the down-home, liberal hating Texan that everybody loves!