Arrests Made After 4th of July Flag-Burning Outside the White House

[appalachiablue]

(The Hill) Two protesters were arrested in front of the White House on the Fourth of July after an American flag was set on fire ahead of President Trump's "Salute to America" celebration, according to the U.S. Secret Service.

The two were allegedly arrested for "burning an American flag outside the limits of a permit that had been issued by the National Park Service."

The Secret Service told The Hill that one person was arrested for felony assault on a police officer and for malicious burning, and the other was arrested for obstructing a police investigation and resisting arrest. One person was transported to a hospital for minor injuries, and two Secret Service officers were also transported to a local hospital for treatment.

USA Today reported that a group calling themselves the Revolutionary Communist Party burned the flag and posted video showing protesters pushing and shoving each other after the flames died down. Washington Examiner reporter Steven Nelson shared footage of the burning on Twitter and reported that a veteran grabbed the flag while it was still on fire.

A group of protesters linked arms after the flag burning and chanted "America was never great" in the video, a reference to Trump's 2016 presidential slogan "Make America Great Again.".. SEE Video.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/arrests-made-after-fourth-of-july-flag-burning-outside-the-white-house/ar-AADRAj0?ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

[Sogo]

1. I'd lay money on that being....

...a false flag protest....

[TruckFump]

2. I second you on that.

[littlemissmartypants]

11. See post #5. nt

[littlemissmartypants]

10. See post #5. nt

[Turin_C3PO]

3. Lol.

“Revolutionary Communist Party” sounds like a right winger’s idea of a leftist group. I bet this is a false flag.

[sop]

4. What exactly does "revolutionary communism" mean anyway?

It's like one fool came up with the two most left-sounding words he could think of, then said to another fool,"let's go burn an American flag in front of the White House on the 4th of July, start a fight with the cops and get arrested." Anything so poorly conceived has to be a rightwing plan.

[littlemissmartypants]

15. Unfortunately, the right doesn't have a monopoly on poor planning.

See post #5.

[sop]

16. No real leftist revolutionary would write such crappola:

"Making revolution against a powerful and vicious enemy—and going on from there to bring into being a whole new world, without exploitation and oppression—is an incredibly challenging and complex process. Such a revolution requires leadership; it requires an organization with a sweeping vision, a scientific method to analyze reality and how to go about changing it, and serious discipline. An organization that can awaken and unleash the revolutionary potential of the masses of people, direct their outrage against the real enemy, and loft their sights to the emancipation of all humanity. An organization that can chart the path through the difficult twists and turns of the revolutionary process. That organization is the revolutionary vanguard party. Only with an organization such as this can the masses rise to the historic challenges, and win their emancipation."

"Loft their sights to the emancipation of all humanity." Really? Who writes like that? This so-called manifesto reads like some Hollywood screenwriter's rough draft for a cheap '50s movie about The Red Scare. It smacks of an FBI sting to incriminate a few goofballs.

[Marengo]

17. Actually, sounds pretty normal language for Bob Avakian. I would say pick up one of his books...

But I would genuinely feel regretful to have recommended you waste the time reading that nonsense.

[Marengo]

18. It's a Maoist organization, think permanent cultural revolution

[AncientGeezer]

5. Been here since 1975

https://www.revcom.us/rcp/index.html

[littlemissmartypants]

9. Thanks for the post, AncientGeezer.

Interesting, origins within the SDS. Founded in the 1960's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_a_Democratic_Society

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a national student activist organization in the United States that was one of the main representations of the New Left. Founded in 1960, the organization developed and expanded rapidly in the mid-1960s, with over 300 chapters recorded nationwide by its last convention in 1969.

[littlemissmartypants]

14. Actually, it is a "leftist" group. See post #5. nt

[Crunchy Frog]

6. Almost certainly Republicans trying to provoke a backlash against "libs".

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Nope.

See post #5.

[blm]

7. DelGaudio brothers (GOP dirty tricksters) started this stunt in 1988 campaign.

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The ‘America was never great” line is just an update.

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Most likely not related.

See post #5. Who are you referring to? I couldn't find any information about these "brothers" you mentioned.

[blm]

20. DelGaudio brothers have been at this for decades. And infiltrating left groups

to spur them into high profile acts of subversion and, hopefully, violence has been in the GOP playbook since Nixon.

VVAW was a prime target for them at the time. It came up here at DU quite often during the 2004 election cycle.

I highly doubt that the GOP decided to end the use of that strategy.

[littlemissmartypants]

21. Interesting, any idea why don't I get anything that seems related when I Google them?

I'd like to read more about them. I appreciate your reply. Thanks.

[blm]

22. Interesting that nothing is showing up for you.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Delgaudio

[blm]

23. And there is this, as well, that you missed.

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/who-eugene-delgaudio-i-know-byron-york/

[littlemissmartypants]

24. Wow.

...small-time practitioner of the art of political guerrilla theater. A native New Yorker and a veteran of the conservative activist group Young Americans for Freedom, Delgaudio operates from a small office in Falls Church, Virginia. His primary activity is to stage events–comic protests with a political message.

[littlemissmartypants]

13. Interesting post, appalachiablue.

Really deserves more attention.

Kicked and recommended.

[uncle ray]

19. what's interesting about it that it deserves more attention?