Arrest two flag burners, p.12
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Title
Arrest two flag burners, p.12
Description
"CHICAGO (UPI)– Two South Side Chicago views were arrested on Independence Day and charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly burning a small American flag.
Patrolman Eugene Abington, who made the arrest, identified to use as D patrolman Eugene Abington, you made the arrests, identified the use as Don (CQ) burden on (CQ) Birden, 18, (of 5928 S. Prairie Ave.) and Fred Chapman, 17, (of 5733 S. Greenwood Ave.).
Abington said that about 300 persons gathered when he and his partner moved in to make the arrests on a promontory off a South Side beach.
The rocky promontory is several yards from a Nike Missile site, but Abington said the alleged flag-burning was not an anti-Vietnam war demonstration.
“There were no signs around, “Abington said, “it was just a coincidence that it happened near the site.”
“One held the flag, “he said, “and the other touched a match to it Dash and that’s all that happened.”"
Patrolman Eugene Abington, who made the arrest, identified to use as D patrolman Eugene Abington, you made the arrests, identified the use as Don (CQ) burden on (CQ) Birden, 18, (of 5928 S. Prairie Ave.) and Fred Chapman, 17, (of 5733 S. Greenwood Ave.).
Abington said that about 300 persons gathered when he and his partner moved in to make the arrests on a promontory off a South Side beach.
The rocky promontory is several yards from a Nike Missile site, but Abington said the alleged flag-burning was not an anti-Vietnam war demonstration.
“There were no signs around, “Abington said, “it was just a coincidence that it happened near the site.”
“One held the flag, “he said, “and the other touched a match to it Dash and that’s all that happened.”"
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N/A
Publisher
Baltimore Afro-American
Date
1967-7-15
Collection
Citation
N/A, “Arrest two flag burners, p.12,” African American Fourth of July, accessed April 16, 2024, https://africanamerican4th.omeka.net/items/show/415.