"Flag Burning & Fun": July 4th "Protests" Outnumber Firework Celebrations
Tomorrow is shaping up to be a violent one, and if social media and printed flyers around America’s cities are correct, there are more scheduled disruptions than celebrations.
Rumors of potential violence and discord -- flag burning, desecration of statues, counter-protests -- in Gettysburg on July 4 have been rampant on social media in recent weeks.
“Left Behind USA,” a Facebook page, was created on June 2, 2020. They posted an event calling for a “peaceful flag burning to resist police” in Gettysburg on July 4.
The page and event were visible to the public through June 24. However, on June 25, a message from Facebook appeared, stating that the content wasn't available and that "the link may have expired, or the page may only be visible to an audience that you aren't in."
The event had called for supporters to show up to the National Cemetery to “protest police violence against unarmed black civilians” and claimed that the U.S. flag, Confederate flag and Blue Lives Matter flag would be burned. The post also stated that supporters would be “legally armed” and offered face-painting for children.
Five suspects — three adults and two juveniles — have been charged in a brutal assault caught on video outside a convenience store in Klein, Texas, last month.
Arrest warrants have been issued for a pair of 19 year olds — Eric Bradley and Ezkeyeleon Wilson — as well as for 18-year-old Seth Coles,
KTRK-TV reported. Two other suspects — ages 16 and 14 — are also charged with assault, KTRK said.
KTRK-TV reported. Two other suspects — ages 16 and 14 — are also charged with assault, KTRK said.
Anyone who knows how to find Bradley, Wilson, and Coles are asked to call the Harris County Sheriff's Office Violent Crime Unit at 713-274-9100 or Crime Stoppers, the station said.
What's the background?
The victim in the June 14 attack — a shopper at the Food Mart at 7134 Oakwood Glen Blvd. — was waiting to buy some items when a group tried to cut in line, KTRK-TV reported in an earlier story.
"I looked over and said, 'There's a line for a reason,'" the shopper told the station.
Image source: YouTube screenshot
Words were exchanged, and he added to KTRK that the group mocked his hair and clothes.
Then comes the beatdown
After he paid and left, the group met him in the parking lot and took turns kicking and punching him, the station said.
Image source: YouTube screenshot
The victim told KTRK he just took the beating. Video of the attack shows he didn't fight back or protect himself.
"I don't know what else I could do," he added to the station. "The fifth one at the end came out of the store after purchasing goods and came up to me and kicked me in the face and said, 'Black lives matter, [expletive].'"
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