Fourth of July flag-burning at White House erupts in chaos, with 3 arrested
by Steven Nelson
| July 04, 2019 05:39 PM
At least three Revolutionary Communist Party activists were arrested outside the White House after burning an American flag on the Fourth of July.
The activists, opposing President Trump and calling for a "world without America," were met by a large counterprotest.
The Secret Service arrested flag-burning activist Gregory "Joey" Johnson and at least two allies in the aftermath.
Johnson won a 1989 Supreme Court case that invalidated state laws banning flag burning. Earlier this year, he won a $225,000 settlement from Cleveland, Ohio, as a result of his arrest for burning a flag at the 2016 Republican convention.
A man, who identified himself as a veteran, grabbed the half-burned flag after it ignited on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Authorities closed Lafayette Park, located across from the White House, as chaos erupted while members of the right-wing Proud Boys group counterprotested.
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