Justice department drops charges against veteran who burned US flag
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The Justice Department dropped charges against a veteran who burned a U.S. flag in protest.
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The Justice Department dropped charges against Jan "Jay" Carey, a 55-year-old military combat veteran who burned an American flag near the White House in protest of Trump's executive order banning flag burning. Carey set fire to the Stars and Stripes in Lafayette Square in Washington DC in August, the same day President Trump signed the presidential order cracking down on flag burning. The DOJ moved to dismiss the charges on Friday, ending the prosecution of the veteran's protest act. The case had presented a direct challenge to Trump's flag burning ban through civil disobedience by a military veteran. Carey now faces no federal penalties for his protest against the executive order.
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