LOS ANGELES (AP) — A small crowd that gathered Thursday outside the Los Angeles office of U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters to counter an expected protest by a self-styled militia group burned an American flag taken from the back of a pickup truck.
The incident happened after the far-right Oath Keepers group didn’t appear at the office after saying it would rally against the congresswoman.
A group of counter-protesters there to support Waters were chanting “black power” and other slogans when the pickup approached.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The flag was stepped on and lit on fire as someone stoked the flames. A few people cheered and someone yelled, “This is not the American flag, this is their flag.”
No one was injured or arrested. Police wouldn’t immediately say whether they were investigating.
Attempts to reach a representative for Waters were unsuccessful.
AP Photo
The Oath Keepers called Waters a “protest terrorist inciter” and said members intended to “stand against terrorism, stand for freedom of speech and association, in support of ICE/Border Patrol as they enforce constitutional immigration laws.”
The gathering was planned for the early afternoon but police said then that authorities had been informed by Oath Keepers that the demonstration was called off.
“The Oath Keepers would like nothing more than to inflame racial tensions and create an explosive conflict in our community,” Waters said in a statement a day earlier urging counter-protesters to stay away.
A few dozen counter-protesters including union workers, church leaders, South Los Angeles residents and members of activist groups gathered peacefully outside the office at midday. Some held signs proclaiming “Black, brown and labor unity!” and “Resist!”
“These people are coming here to cause problems,” said Cliff Smith, an organizer with United Union of Roofers Waterproofers and Allied Workers Local No. 36. “Violent right wing groups have no business here.”
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The protesters are against the US and do not try to hide it.
In 1776, the American people rejected the idea of privileged classes with hereditary membership whose privileges were enforced by the state. At that time, it was the royals and the gentry.
Today’s privileged classes with hereditary membership whose privileges are enforced by the state are “protected minorities”.
What the privileged classes want now is power. Thus they attempt to move the history clock back before 1776. And they have guts to call it “progress”.
So they love living in misery, poverty because Waters takes everything she can for her and her family – fancy mansion
not in her supposed district, paying money she shouldn’t to her daughter, fighting off a bank problem she has with husband, and these want her in office longer? Well, all we can say is that are one sorry stupid ignorant bunch of
nobodies who are pushing jail time. So glad my parents decided we needed to move to a better neighborhood while these brainless seemingly like living in dirt, drugs, crimes. Yes, this is a part of CA that reeks of rampant stupidity and also more so because you blacks ain’t getting it that it is the illegals that are favored!
If these people think Waters , care’s about them , they should go to her house and introduce them selves to her . I wonder how well that would work out ? IF they tried , she would show them her true self.
Gator, they probably wouldn’t even get past the manned GATE entering her housing community..
Can’t fix stupid… just… community organize it!
[Today’s privileged classes with hereditary membership whose privileges are enforced by the state are “protected minorities”.]
OR politicians!
Most racist groups are not all white! Case in point.
Spot-on! Mad Max is the Queen of racism and should be removed from Congress. Should someone get hurt die to her inflammatory rhetoric, SHE should be held accountable and imprisoned.
18 U.S. Code § 700 – Desecration of the flag of the United States;
penalties
(a)
(1) Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon any flag of the United States shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(2) This subsection does not prohibit any conduct consisting of the disposal of a flag when it has become worn or soiled.
Enough said. These people should be rounded up and tossed in the hoosgow along with maxine herself.
SCOTUS ruled in Texas v. Johnson, and again in U.S. v. Eichman,that according to the 1st Amendment, it is unconstitutional for any government (federal, state, or local) to pass laws prohibiting the desecration of a flag.
Which to me, was one of the most BRAIN DEAD decisions the court’s made in recent memory..
I fully support death for all flag burners… why do we allow this ignorant unamerican intolerant “trash”?
we need to fully treat enemies of america within our country as our enemy… declare “war” and fight them…… enough… these things do not play by civilized rules, can we continue to be the bigger people….
yes I do mean death.. though I am not suggesting anything
The less than animals who support Maxine the wig and who hate our Country!
Her name is “Waters” and if she is a real American she should have poured herself onto the flag fire to put it out.
Posted above in the wrong place.
And, these people have THE NERVE to claim President Trump is in the back-pocket of Putin…they are acting like they are privileged because of their skin color. Not to mention they THINK WITH THEIR SKIN!
And worse, we see consistently liberals attack, taunt and otherwise try to shut us down, but WE ARE THE ONES they call nazis?!?!
Ah, what additional evidence of anti-Americanism of Rep. Maxine Waters and her followers?
Hey, FOOL, what goes around, comes around! Your turn is coming!
Yeah.. you said it… And these are her supporters? Well, judging from their appearance, her followers are just like her, and definitely behave like her.
Personally i say, if they wanna burn the flag, fine. DO IT As you are leaving the USA for good.. Oh and hand in your passport once you arrive at your next destination!
Church leaders among the protesters? They must be from the Church of Satan. The true trouble makers are Maxine Waters, Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson. They are the cause of these riots.
they should all be Deported back to Africa where they are citizens , Take Maxine with Them , If there is room take Nancy and Obama
you cant get the jungle out of them!
i have never ever understood how blacks are easily lead around by the nose by people like obama jesse jackson al sharpton and farrahkahn it is very disturbing its like mind control our soul control.
These Blacks ARE citizens BUT if they are not happy with America, they are welcome to board the very next one-way plane to wherever they would feel better; whether that is Kenya (where Obama was born) or North Korea (where their socialist ‘dreams’ will be fulfilled).
People of all other ethnic groups who hate America should join them on the plane. They will NOT be missed at all.
Along with take the steps needed to renounce their citizenship!
Are you kidding? The blacks leave and go back to Africa? Why would they do that? They don’t get welfare, housing, food stamps, free medical, free phones in Africa. They also wouldn’t get away with half the things they do here which range from killing each other to destroying their own cities and neighborhoods. They’d be put to death in Africa. They wouldn’t be supported by whitey in Africa either. And to think they call us honkeys. Ha!
So true. They get WAY too much here, to willingly leave..
Let me understand. These anti right protestors, stop a vehicle they presumed were the far right protestors. Opened their vehicles doors, stole the American flag from the bed of the vehicle, burnt the flag, and chanted negatives towards the supposed far right group (of two, who happened to be white) and I am reading that the police are not investigating because they are not sure a crime was committed. I am no legal maven but I do see something that smells of breaking the law and oh yeah, that extra one after a law is broken the hate crime law.
Unfortunately the only laws broken were probably petty larceny and littering.
Well, in todays society you are right. Whites can only be the perpetrators of hate crimes it seems. NEVER the victims. Well, according to liberals.
They look like a bunch of third world savages.
Denn84 : That’s exactly what they are.
Goes to show what over a trillion dollars of Johnson’s great society has produced with the uncontrolled breeding of black people. No where is the world where blacks are the leaders is there nothing but disaster but when the white race is gone they forget there will be no one left to pay for their welfare.
Tell that to the Mau Mau SAVAGES in South Africa who are busy KILLING all the white citizens of their country and stealing the farms of the people who FEED THEM. Do you think any of the savages are going to work those farms? South Africa was formerly the bread basket of Africa. Pretty soon, we’ll be seeing heart-rending pictures of starving black children, their bellies bloated and eyes glassy in South Africa, and who will they be looking to, to “save” them from their OWN savagery? You get three guesses, and the first two don’t count!
True dat. Which is why, after giving to farm aid back in the days of band/live aid, i won’t EVER again give to any ‘charity’ helping those areas in africa.. Hell, how many decades now have we given millions+ to sudan, etheopia and other areas YET there are still so bloody many ‘starving folk’ there?
I will tell you this, prior to the OK demonstration, The Oath Keepers (OK) team leader checked in with LAPD (as is typical) and was informed by LAPD there were about 50 counter protesters waiting in front of Waters’ office, and an additional 3 bus loads staged a couple of blocks away, more or less preparing an ambush.
The LAPD also told OK ALL manner of self defense items such as pepper spray, mace, collapsible batons, etc were prohibited, even defining the diameter of the wooden sign posts they would be holding, all the while ignoring the steel pipes and bats brought by the counter protesters. (The same conditions as twice seen in Berkeley).
The only weapons allowed would be carried by current and retired law enforcement officers. OK determined it would not be safe for them or the counter protesters to move ahead, and cancelled their event.
Protesters are testing the waters, and pretty soon they will encounter some with less regulation than the Oath Keepers, at which time body bags will be the mode of transportation from the event. Civil war is about to ensue, I’m afraid.
Molon labe
So hold on. The OATH Keepers were restricted in what they could carry, but did the cops do a damn thing to restrict what those counter protestors had??
They hate America, they hate the Constitution, they hate legitimate law enforcement, they are racist and they don’t care about anything but their violent, destructive agenda. All while, I speculate, they are consuming tax payer dollars.
Honestly! Is this what the Democrat party wants us to vote for? This is better than what Trump is doing for America?
It’s called Trump Derangement Syndrome. It’s a form of mental illness. They can’t see past their hate for Trump and the entire Administration. They suppress the voice of people who disagree with them. They are violent when confronted with the truth. They want open borders because that would allow more voters for their side. Look at what’s happening at the local level in some cites. Illegal immigrants are being allowed to vote in local elections. They are against our great Military people and our great law enforcement. They want bigger Government and think we are all entitled to free health care and in some cases free money. Look at the pilot programs in some cites giving out free money on a monthly basis. I disagree with EVERYTHING the left stands for. I see frequent posts about a coming civil war. I’m betting on people like me that believe in the 2nd Amendment and the NRA.
Steven, LIBERALISM is the mental illness. TDS is the symptoms.
OK we know Blacks like Whoopie are ill mannered, loud, ugly,venomous, rude, screamers, spiters, and hate America. I don’t blame them and Africa needs volunteers besides White people to help this struggling Continent.
So pack your comb, your beads, your low fitting Jeans and offer to do some good in the world. America like any civilization has done things in the past that do not look good “NOW” but at the time it may have been the right thing to do. Sorry, my ancestors were all in Europe with their own problems and paid their way here and benefited by hard work and building America into a Republic, with Capitalism as a basis for success, which seems obvious proven. STOP !! crying, whining and complaining. Now get going, or get your mouth washed out with Kirkman’s Brown Soap, and a good spanking.
This is getting out of control and somebody is going to get hurt or killed if it keeps up!! Maybe that is what Maxine Waters wants is to have open warfare in America and beyond her control!! Do you know in a recent poll that 34% of the American people now think we are going to have a Civil War here in America in the next 5 years and those numbers are rising day by day??It is time we started comprising with our differences and not going to war with them for nobody wins then and a hell of a lot of people lose with their lives in a war!!!..
I’ve often day dreamed that these flag burners, would themselves catch on fire..
What would you expect from supporters of Mad Maxine. The dummycrats are pathetic!
“These people are coming here to cause problems,” said Cliff Smith, an organizer with United Union of Roofers Waterproofers and Allied Workers Local No. 36. “Violent right wing groups have no business here.”
Well, the same can be said about you violent LEFT wing groups. What about the people auntie maxie has directed to take action against Republicans and Conservatives? What are they? Pacifists?
Exactly. You have YET to see a single liberal, condemn ANY of the wanton acts of violence caused by BLM or Antifa..
There you go Maxine. Are as up in arms over this as if someone burnt a cross?
Speaking of burning things, the photo at the top of the article shows a man squirting what appears to be charcoal starter on the burning flag. Whose idea was it to bring accelerant to a protest (or a supportive demonstration for “Auntie” Maxine)? Using an accelerant to set something on fire in public is arson in most places. Just not in Mad Max’s district, apparently…
When does this idiot get held responsible for the violence she is inciting? When someone gets killed will she be held responsible?
Not even then.
I fear you are right Porthos..
“I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.” (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).”
That, or slightly modified versions of that solemn oath are what the “terrorist, racist, radical right” members of Oath Keepers are founded on. Their members are former military and first responders, all who at one time in their lives have taken that oath.
I swore to that oath as an 18 year old kid at the AFEES station in Seattle, 15 August 1973. To date, no one has relived me of my responsibilities under that oath. If anyone has a problem with that for any reason, we can talk.
Note that the ghetto scum in the video are nearly outnumbered by media types. Who were white. And drawing a paycheck for being there.
The rest of Watter’s constituency? Possibly disappointed that they couldn’t get a riot started with the attendant looting?
440 V, all who have done the Pledge of Allegiance have effectively taken the same oath; not just military people. Also, all who have ever become an elected official of any type. I was only a Precinct Chair and took a very similar oath, which remains in affect until death; as does all such oaths and pledges.
I was born in America. I love America. I will die for America if need be.
So, these stupid black thugs stole a flag and burned the stolen flag? The owner(s) of the flag should file charges for the flag being stolen. Are these thugs from Maxie’s district? If so, they are likely living on taxpayer money, just as Maxie is.
Just as Maxie disrespects our President and insights violence in her heated rhetoric, her supporters do likewise and should be monitored by law enforcement.
Petty larceny at best…unfortunately.
Heck, i doubt even if they did fill the paperwork out to charge them for larceny, that any of them will ever be charged..
They should round all of those cretins up, put them on a boat and ship them to another country. I am sick of these idiots. They can take their black power and Maxine Waters and go elsewhere. You don’t like it here, leave! Apparently these idiots don’t have anything better to do than to act like fools.
I did not see if they were celebrating her being in the pile of fire, or just celebrating the trashing of the America that supports them and their families, ever since the great liberal plan of the Great Society of LBJ and every other flag burning, baby killing, anti-American since.
I’m waiting to hear from Maxine. So far, crickets.
Remember James Hodgkinson?
https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/homepage2/james-hodgkinson-profile/index.html
Her nickname will soon become “Bloody-Hands Maxine”. It will happen sooner or later.
By the way Rep. Bloody Hands, it is illegal to call for violent overthrow of our government. That is “stare decisis”. Please look it up.
18 U.S. Code § 2385 (The Smith Act), upheld by SCOTUS in Dennis v. United States, 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
Waters, a waste of space on this earth. I guess it would take a group of retards to vote for her, the queen retard. She shouldn’t be in any power where she represents people. It figures she is from California. Many of that state have there head up their a**.
It is a shame that America does not have a foreign territory that we could use as England used Australia’s New South Wales in the late 18th to the mid 19th centuries as a place to ‘transport’. It would be a relief to be able to get rid of these ignorant, parasitic, violent savages by loading them on ships and moving them halfway around the planet. Let old Mush-Mouth Maxie go with them to become the first woman president of Hell on Earth.
Jarvis Island is an uninhabited island we own in the South Pacific, why not use that. It’s only a couple of square miles, but that should be enough.
Make it into a true ‘survivor’ show!!
I’m not going to all political and philosophical about this, I just going to suggest that they and she could easily move to where blacks are in power.