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'There's Liberty, and then there's ridiculous' says Marine protecting a flag
« on: March 18, 2008, 01:58:37 PM »
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A U.S. Marine Corps reservist won’t be charged for ignoring police requests and wading into a protest to rescue an American Flag.

Ray Adam Modisette, 20, said he was reacting to a war protester who was stuffing an American flag down her pants.

Midwest City Assistant City Attorney Randal Homburg said he thinks there are grounds to prosecute Modisette for an act of civil disobedience, but he said that at the request of police, he’s declining to file charges.

Modisette of Shawnee was arrested Friday afternoon on a complaint of interfering with official police process.

“We believe the act was emotional and not really deliberate,” Midwest City Police Chief Brandon Clabes said. “It caused us to take action, but we hated to have to do it.”

Modisette was leaving Tinker Air Force Base in his car Friday when he saw the protester with the flag. He said he turned around and headed for the crowd to get the flag. He was handcuffed after ignoring several requests by officers to move away from the small group of demonstrators from Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan.

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Chase said that after the publicity generated by Modisette’s arrest, he fielded more than a dozen calls from people wanting to contribute money.

Modisette, an aviation mechanic student at Gordon Cooper Technology Center in Shawnee, said support has been overwhelming, but the Marine reservist declined offers of financial assistance.

“The way I was raised was the reason I couldn’t drive by and watch that go on,” he said. “There’s liberty, and then there’s ridiculous.”


http://michellemalkin.com/2008/03/18/in-defense-of-the-american-flag/

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Re: 'There's Liberty, and then there's ridiculous' says Marine protecting a flag
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2008, 02:04:43 PM »
Westboro.  Why won't these people just curl up and die already?
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Re: 'There's Liberty, and then there's ridiculous' says Marine protecting a flag
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2008, 02:32:02 PM »
They are like cockroaches.  In the event of a nuclear war it will be cockroaches and Fred Phelps. :bird:
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Re: 'There's Liberty, and then there's ridiculous' says Marine protecting a flag
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2008, 07:01:37 PM »
Quote from: mamacags on March 18, 2008, 02:32:02 PM
They are like cockroaches.  In the event of a nuclear war it will be cockroaches and Fred Phelps. :bird:

Probably not.  No cops to protect them then.
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Re: 'There's Liberty, and then there's ridiculous' says Marine protecting a flag
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2008, 08:18:22 PM »
WBC is in Tornado Alley.  :evillaugh:
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Re: 'There's Liberty, and then there's ridiculous' says Marine protecting a flag
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2008, 01:45:01 PM »
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“The way I was raised was the reason I couldn’t drive by and watch that go on,” he said. “There’s liberty, and then there’s ridiculous.”

Semper Fi, Marine!

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