ACLU: Lafayette 'flag desecration' arrest unconstitutional
LAFAYETTE - The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana says a man has been unconstitutionally arrested in Lafayette on a charge of desecrating the American flag by setting one afire and tearing up another.Online jail records indicate that 57-year-old Charri Mohamad was held Sunday on charges of flag desecration and entering or refusing to leave a place where he'd been forbidden.KLFY-TV reports that police arrested him Thursday after a complaint that surveillance video showed him s
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