A 54-year-old Army veteran pleaded not guilty after he faced charges related to setting fire to an American flag in a federal park near the White House last month, The Hill reported.
Jan Carey is charged with igniting a fire in an undesignated area and lighting a fire causing damage to property or park resources after he burned the flag on Aug. 25 to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order cracking down on flag burning, The Hill reported.
“I fought for every single one of your rights to express yourself in however you feel that you may want to express yourself. There’s a First Amendment right to burn the American flag,” Carey said last month while speaking into a bullhorn and referring to Trump as an “illegal fascist president.” “No president can make a law, period.”
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