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Vindictive charge

Steve

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A 74-year-old U.S. Army veteran is set to go on trial next month for the ‘crime’ of posting two American flags on the fence of a Los Angeles VA facility -- and the Justice Department is facing calls to drop the case.

The criminal prosecution of Robert Rosebrock dates back to charges filed under the Obama administration, but conservative group Judicial Watch is hoping new Attorney General Jeff Sessions will take a second look.

“The federal government’s pursuit of these vindictive charges against Mr. Rosebrock is mind-blowing,”

Rosebrock is facing one criminal charge for displaying an American flag without permission on the fence outside the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs (GLAVA) facility during a protest of the VA’s treatment of homeless veterans.

The charge is related to a 1973 VA regulation that prohibits individuals from posting materials or placards on VA property except when authorized by the head of the VA facility or a designee.

Rosebrock faces a criminal count of violating that policy during a protest last Memorial Day and on June 12, 2016. In the second incident, Rosebrock was not even the individual who posted the flag.

Rosebrock is facing an two additional counts for allegedly taking unauthorized photos of a VA police officer on Memorial Day and during the second protest when conservative activist Ted Hayes was handcuffed and detained. Hayes is not being prosecuted.

Rosebrock, who served in the Army from 1965 to 1967, pleaded not guilty but faces up to six months in prison if found guilty.

Had he been a leftist liberal and burnt it, this might not be happening?
 

Traveler

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While the Clintons have gotten away with everything from rape, and likely worse, to selling access to the state department, and most everything in between. Definitely different tiers of justice in this country.
 
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