Montana man assaults teen for 'disrespecting' the national anthem at fair

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A 39-year-old Superior [the city where he lived, not a description of his character] man was jailed this weekend for allegedly assaulting a 13-year-old boy he believed, according to one witness, had disrespected the national anthem.

Curt James Brockway was arrested by Mineral County Sheriff's deputies around 11 p.m. Saturday. Montana Department of Justice records show he is registered as a violent offender.

"There was a little boy lying on the ground," she said. "He was bleeding out of his ears, seizing on the ground, just not coherent." She said she recognized the boy as a family member's neighbor.

A press release from Mineral County Sheriff Mike Boone stated the boy is 13.

The boy was transported by Superior Ambulance Service for initial medical treatment at a local hospital before he was flown to Sacred Heart Children's Hospital in Spokane, according to Boone. No further information was immediately available on the boy's condition.
 

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If only the people that trafficked in hate about immigrants, standing for the national anthem, calling places with black people infested, took the time for self-reflection, they might recognize how their rhetoric does not help.
 
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Pretty pathetic the lengths people will go to for a rag and some words.

I remember when I was young and I learned Jehovah’s Witnesses wouldn’t stand for the Pledge of Allegiance or National Anthem because they viewed it as worshipping the flag; I thought that was crazy, no one worships the flag.

Now I don’t think Jehovah’s Witnesses are wrong. I think some people really do worship the flag.
 
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Pretty pathetic the lengths people will go to for a rag and some words.

As a veteran political activist, I've witnessed firsthand (and experienced firsthand) the sickening lengths some people will go for that piece of cloth when they think someone isn't respecting it.
 
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I remember when I was young and I learned Jehovah’s Witnesses wouldn’t stand for the Pledge of Allegiance or National Anthem because they viewed it as worshipping the flag; I thought that was crazy, no one worships the flag.

Now I don’t think Jehovah’s Witnesses are wrong. I think some people really do worship the flag.

I don't think they are wrong either.
 
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The guy was a violent offender - which means he's done previous prison time for a violent crime...

what exactly do people expect of that demographic? Sainthood?

Sure let them back out on the street so you can claim how horrid "white" people are, or that "patriotic" people are evil...

it's laughable.

I have an idea, don't let violent offenders back out on the streets!
 
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It was not his place to say anything (let alone take it so personally he caused a serious injury) and anyway how is wearing a hat during the Anthem disrespectful?
 
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It's not a rag.
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Now that's what I call Americans. In America.

Never mind the U.S. Flag Code apparently...

4 U.S. Code § 8. Respect for flag (d)
The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker’s desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general (emphasis added).
 
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I love how not respecting the national anthem (and therefore one would assume - the USA itself) is a problem for this guy, but being a violent offender isn't.

Oh well - now he will get to salute the flag every day in prison.
 
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I wonder how our fine, patriotic, freedom-loving man would fare if his victim was not a 13-year-old and he hits back.

Just what I was thinking. The man couldn't be more pathetic.
 
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Never mind the U.S. Flag Code apparently...

4 U.S. Code § 8. Respect for flag (d)
The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker’s desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general (emphasis added).

The code was written before Rex Kwon Do changed everything.

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