One man was accused of committing one of these cardinal social sins after refusing to have sex with a man who claimed to be a woman. Meanwhile, accusations of hate crimes can even be thrown at people for what they refuse to do. This lopsided definition of hate crime appears to be the new normal in many places in America.Įarlier this month, Florida prosecutors declined to pursue hate crime charges after a young boy was viciously ganged up on and beaten, reportedly over his support of President Donald Trump. Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunters Campfire 15 year Prison sentence for burning a LBGTQ flag: Forums Member List Calendar Active Threads: Previous Thread: Next Thread : Print Thread: Hop To : of 2 : 1: 2: 15 year Prison sentence for burning a LBGTQ flag 14387220 12/19/19. After spending 16 years in prison, he will have to explain a hate crime charge to any prospective employers.
WesternJournal report: Despite burning multiple flags using fire, it seems these protesters didn’t even get a slap on the wrist.įor Martinez, however, his actions will haunt him for the rest of his life. The Des Moines Register reports that 30-year-old Adolfo Martinez stole an LGBT rainbow flag that was. 2nd degree murderers do less time so we now know that opposing homosexuality is a crime worse than shooting a random stranger in the back of the head. Leftists burns American flags on the pedestrian mall along Clinton Street in Iowa City, Iowa, on Thursday, Jan. A man was convicted of burning a rainbow flag in Iowa and was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Adolfo Martinez was found guilty on Wednesday after tearing down and burning the flag. “I see social injustice from Native American genocide to African-American slavery to failing to recognize women as citizens until the 20th century.”Ī photo of the 2017 flag burning can be seen below. CNN A man has been sentenced to about 15 years after burning an LGBTQ flag hanging from a church in Iowa. “When I see the flag, I see racial injustice,” one protester said. The act was considered a hate crime because the flag represents a sexual orientation.ĭisturbingly, the same charges don’t seem to apply to those who burn the red, white and blue flag of the United States.Īs the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported in 2017, leftist protesters there were able to burn multiple American flags to protest social justice causes while insulting the very country that guaranteed them the freedom to do so without being prosecuted. Martinez was arrested in June after taking the rainbow flag from the United Church of Christ in Ames.