Deborah and Mark Kuhn, of Asheville, NC are being faced with charges of an assault on an officer and "desecrating a flag" - because they hung it UPSIDE DOWN as a sign of distress. They had at LEAST their 1st, 4th and 5th Amendment Rights violated, if not more.
This is unbelievable...
I was listening to the Friday replay of the Jon Elliot show tonight and heard an interview with Deborah Kuhn, who with her husband, was assaulted by an officer, had her house invaded (and damaged), and was then illegally arrested, because the deputy objected to the couple hanging the flag upside down, and pinning a note on it with a picture of Bush on it, with the words "Out Now" and a small note of explanation of why they were hanging it upside down.
While I'm not entirely surprised that this happened with a returning Iraqi vet who is now a deputy with the Asheville Sherrif's department in N.C., and he may very well be suffering from PTSD and snapped when he saw a flag being hung upside down, he should be in treatment, not in a cop car. He needs help, not a position of authority!
Apparently, Scarborough approached the house when he saw the flag and knocked on the door, and questioned the couple about why it was upside down. They explained that they felt the country was in distress, and he got incensed and after they shut the door on him and bolted it, he crashed his hand through the window and cut it while trying to open it, then later accused them of slamming the door on his hand, according to them. He then entered the house, without a warrant, chased them around and then started to threaten Mark with a billy club. During that time, Debby called 911 and said they were being assaulted by an officer, and the Kuhns escaped through the other door. They were then surrounded by 9 cop cars, and threatened with being tazered if they didn't submit to being arrested, and Mark was forced to the ground, and then they were both arrested.
Here's the news report:
UPDATE: At the end of the interview Mark says:
After his experience, Mark Kuhn said he is convinced this is not an isolated occurrence. "If Americans don’t wake up to the martial state we’re in, the cops, the police, the sheriffs, the state police will all come to our door and take us away if we allow this to happen – it’s time for America to wake up."
I'm going to attempt to get an interview with Debby tomorrow. This is amazing - and frightening.
What is this country turning into?