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Title: Couple Terrorized, Assaulted and Arrested For Flying an Upside Down U.S. Flag
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Prison Planet
URL Source: http://www.prisonplanet.com/article ... 007/310707coupleterrorized.htm
Published: Jul 31, 2007
Author: Alex Jones & Paul Joseph Watson
Post Date: 2007-07-31 13:59:33 by Eoghan
Keywords: None
Views: 504
Comments: 23
A North Carolina couple who were terrorized by a police officer who had recently returned from Iraq are now fighting back, after sheriff's deputy Brian Scarborough broke into their house, assaulted them and then arrested the Kuhns for the crime of flying an upside down U.S. flag. Mark and Deborah Kuhn of Asheville, North Carolina made headlines last week when they were arrested for flying an upside down U.S. flag, a commonly recognized sign of distress, in their backyard, after police claimed they were violating a statute for "desecration of the flag". As is supported by the United States Flag Code as well as a similar incident in 2001, flying the flag upside down is not a mark of disrespect, and in fact is considered by many to be the highest form of patriotism. However, since 9/11 there have been several cases where individuals have been harassed, intimidated and even arrested for inverting the flag, by those who confuse a love of government with a love of country. Buncombe County Sheriff’s deputy Brian Scarborough had just returned from Iraq and according to the Deborah Kuhn, was sent by his staff Sergeant from the local National Guard to "deal with" the Kuhns after a local resident complained about the flag, a fact that was later admitted on TV news. A National Guard soldier in military fatigues had also previously visited the Kuhn's to harass them about the flag. "This is a distress signal, we're not trying to desecrate the flag," Kuhn told Scarborough when he told the couple they were violating a statute. Police claimed the messages attached to the flag were the problem, but the notes merely pointed out that the upside down flag represented a distress signal and a warning that the country was in danger. Even though Kuhn took the flag down, the officer immediately demanded that the couple show their ID's and when they refused told them to put their hands behind their back and was about to arrest them before the couple shut and locked the door. Scarborough then proceeded to kick the door in, "And the next thing we know, the glass is flying, he unlocks the deadbolt and he comes into our house after us," Kuhn told The Alex Jones Show. The officer then pursued Mark Kuhn through the house before intercepting him in the kitchen and putting him in a choke hold. Deborah Kuhn called 911 to report that the officer had broken into the home and was assaulting her husband. The officer then pulled out pepper spray to which Mark Kuhn responded, "Are you going to spray me in my house?" before Scarborough whipped out his billy club and the Kuhn's ran out of the house into the street, pleading for help from their neighbors. "Nine police cars showed up, they whipped out the Tasers, they said 'get down we're gonna Taser you' added Kuhn. The couple were handcuffed, arrested and bundled into a squad car, to the protests of numerous neighbors who demanded to know why the Kuhns were being incarcerated, but were told to leave by police. Contradicting the police's account of the incident, that Buncombe County Sheriff’s deputy Brian Scarborough was injured when the Kuhn's slammed the door on his hand, Deborah Kuhn vehemently maintains that Scarborough smashed the glass of their door with his bare fist before breaking in, a description which is backed up by three other eyewitnesses, one of which appeared on TV later that day. The Kuhn's are now also being charged with "assault on a government employee" - meaning that the new definition of assault is if a police officer cuts his hand by breaking into your house and putting you in a choke hold - you have assaulted him. Scarborough claims that Deborah Kuhn slapped him while she was on the phone to the police, but the audio file of the call (listen here) clearly contradicts this. They each face over a year in prison. The Kuhn's case is similar in many ways to that of Kelly Rushing, a man from Lyon County Kentucky, who was arrested and charged for handing out videotapes of Ron Paul videos to police officers. Rushing was later found not guilty of the offence of "terroristic threats" but continues to be harassed by police. It also mirrors the case of an Alabama man, who was arrested in 2004 for displaying a sign in his yard that read "Our Courts System is a Joke," under the pretext that it was illegal to criticize the authorities. We are encouraging our listeners and readers to call the following number and remind the officials concerned that this is not Russia or Nazi Germany, and that officer Scarborough's conduct was shameful and an insult to everything America is supposed to stand for. Scarborough's experience in Iraq of kicking down doors and taking innocent people to camps is not something that should be brought back to America, and the charges against the Kuhns should be dropped immediately along with a formal apology issued. Sheriff Van Duncan's Office: 828-250-4503 Click here to listen to the interview with Deborah Kuhn.
Poster Comment: "Police officer just came back from Iraq." KEEP 'EM THERE
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#1. To: wbales (#0)
Any idea how the 'locals' are reacting to this?
Sheriff's deputy Brian Scarborough seems to have learned nothing from his experiences in Iraq.
To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.
The officer just lost his job and now will have a conviction on his record. His career as a cop is also over, forever.
“When I am the weaker, I ask you for my freedom, because that is your principle; but when I am the stronger, I take away your freedom, because that is my principle.”-Louis Veuillot
Just doing "his job" that he learned so well in Iraq- kicking down doors and abusing civilians. Though I imagine Officer Scarborough misses being able to murder people with impunity.
bump
Ron Paul for President
I am actually surprised at the number of ignorant idiots still running losse around Asheville...the comments at the Citizen-Times regarding this matter are something to see. I love the one that says the Kuhns should be deported to North Korea for 'desecrating' the flag. It is staggering to see how many people believe that the flag was being desecrated. It appears that Asheville Republicans have forgotten that Presidential candidate Alan Keyes used to wear an upside-down flag pin on his suit lapel for the same reason as the Kuhns, and actually encouraged others to do so...
We're all insurgents now.
Even though Kuhn took the flag down, the officer immediately demanded that the couple show their ID's [YOUR PAPERS, PLEASE AT YOUR FREAKIN' FRONT DOOR!] and when they refused told them to put their hands behind their back and was about to arrest them before the couple shut and locked the door. Scarborough then proceeded to kick the door in, "And the next thing we know, the glass is flying, he unlocks the deadbolt and he comes into our house after us," Kuhn told The Alex Jones Show. The officer then pursued Mark Kuhn through the house before intercepting him in the kitchen and putting him in a choke hold. Deborah Kuhn called 911 to report that the officer had broken into the home and was assaulting her husband. The officer then pulled out pepper spray to which Mark Kuhn responded, "Are you going to spray me in my house?" before Scarborough whipped out his billy club Bnd the Kuhn's ran out of the house into the street, pleading for help from their neighbors. "Nine police cars showed up, they whipped out the Tasers, they said 'get down we're gonna Taser you' added Kuhn. The couple were handcuffed, arrested and bundled into a squad car, to the protests of numerous neighbors who demanded to know why the Kuhns were being incarcerated, but were told to leave by police Contradicting the police's account of the incident, that Buncombe County Sheriff’s deputy Brian Scarborough was injured when the Kuhn's slammed the door on his hand, Deborah Kuhn vehemently maintains that Scarborough smashed the glass of their door with his bare fist before breaking in, a description which is backed up by three other eyewitnesses, one of which appeared on TV later that day. The Kuhn's are now also being charged with "assault on a government employee" - meaning that the new definition of assault is if a police officer cuts his hand by breaking into your house and putting you in a choke hold - you have assaulted him. If anyone "desecrated" that stupid piece of CLOTH, THE SYMBOL OF JUDEO-FREEMASONRY, WORSHIPPERS OF LUCIFER, it was those barbarians aka "cops"....shame, shame, shame....they "hate us for our FREEDOMS" NOT...what were you fighting for creep soldier...huh? NOT FOR FREEDOM, THAT'S FOR SURE. This whole department needs copies of VAMPIRE KILLER. OPERATION VAMPIRE KILLER 2000 American Police Action Plan for Stopping World Government Rule Published by: Police Against the New World Order http://www.mega.nu:8080/ampp/vampkiller.html Until then, they should all take their cursed STARS and stripes, and take a hike. Jer 8:1 ¶ At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: Jer 8:2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth. Jer 8:3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts....
hear! hear!
[would you believe i toned it down, CONSIDERABLY, from my first retort]
Ich bin ein insurgent.
Ron Paul for President
If that SOB would have broken into my house he would have left in a body bag. Too bad this couple wasn't prepared for such intruders.
God is always good! There isn't much call for a professional "moron asshole" either.
"The mighty are only mighty because we are on our knees. Let us rise!" --Camille Desmoulins
On the contrary, he learned quite a bit and is putting it to use here in the United States.
America is not at war. The military is at war. America is at the mall and the Congress is out to lunch.
Depending on where in North Carolina this took place (I need to check a map) ... the locals might either be cowering in terror since the local Sheriff owns the area -- appalled but shrugging saying "Better them than us" -- or are cheering on sacking the unpatriotic bastards. I know one fellow in NC who was rear-ended by a deputy while stopped at a red light just outside of Charlotte. The deputy cited HIM for the accident. In many places out in Carolina 'justice' in the sense WE would like to see it - simply does not exist.
America is not at war. The military is at war. America is at the mall and the Congress is out to lunch.
I live in eastern NC...small town south of Greenville. Pretty much a farming community..all industries have moved away...pretty strong hispanic presence, but no enforcement at all..AT ALL...did i say "NO ENFORCEMENT AT ALL?" I have a USA flag license plate on the front of my truck...covered with bugs...do you think anyone will think this is desecration of the flag? Probably not, but tomorrow it will be upside down on the front of my truck... Did I mention it's hard to find a USA flag license plate in this area???
I guess this is what bush means about fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them here. I thought he meant "foreign" terrorists. iraq is apparently a breeding ground for american terrorists as well.
The officer then pursued Mark Kuhn through the house before intercepting him in the kitchen and putting him in a choke hold. Scarborough is lucky he wasn't shot and killed at this point.
Bush did say something about terrorists following us home, didn't he?
The fascist jackboot cops in this town just made the "TheList." I know several ex-cops like myself who would love to take our badges and guns and tell them to their faces they don't deserve to wear either. Fuck all of you.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Check this assclown's comments about the flag. We have admirers in the Biker Bar at LP.
Thesis: Official 9/11 story is an unproven conspiracy theory. http://911truth.org http://Justicefor911.org http://summeroftruth.org Probable-cause standards have been met for an unlimited investigation of unsolved crimes relating to the events of Sept. 11, including allegations of criminal negligence, cover-up, complicity or commission of the attacks by US officials and assets of intel services.
Corn Flake Girl sounds related to Can of Crap. OK, you got me to infect my computer with ElPiss's crap, so now I must clean it, and take a shower for myself, too! LOL.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition stupid people - obviously they don't care to learn about trespassing laws to protect themselves on their property. i would've warned them not to trespass, and without a warrant, i would be in fear of my life from these lunatics, and they would've been dead. i am sure a moronic fixed jury of my non-peers in a kangaroo court would throw me in prison anyway - but it would be worth it.
Remember...G-d saved more animals than people on the ark. www.siameserescue.org
#2. To: Eoghan (#0)
#3. To: Eoghan (#0)
#4. To: Eoghan (#0)
Scarborough then proceeded to kick the door in, "And the next thing we know, the glass is flying, he unlocks the deadbolt and he comes into our house after us," Kuhn told The Alex Jones Show.
#5. To: Eoghan (#0)
Sheriff Van Duncan's Office: 828-250-4503
#6. To: Eoghan (#0)
Remember...G-d saved more animals than people on the ark. www.siameserescue.org
#7. To: aristeides (#2)
Sheriff's deputy Brian Scarborough seems to have learned nothing from his experiences in Iraq.
The uncertainty of the outcome is what frightens people.
#8. To: Eoghan (#0)
#9. To: AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt (#8)
If anyone "desecrated" that stupid piece of CLOTH, THE SYMBOL OF JUDEO-FREEMASONRY, WORSHIPPERS OF LUCIFER, it was those barbarians aka "cops"....shame, shame, shame....they "hate us for our FREEDOMS" NOT...what were you fighting for creep soldier...huh? NOT FOR FREEDOM, THAT'S FOR SURE.
#10. To: christine (#9)
#11. To: Esso (#7)
We're all insurgents now.
#12. To: Eoghan (#0)
A North Carolina couple who were terrorized by a police officer who had recently returned from Iraq are now fighting back, after sheriff's deputy Brian Scarborough broke into their house, assaulted them and then arrested the Kuhns for the crime of flying an upside down U.S. flag.
"It was an interesting day." - President Bush, recalling 9/11 [White House, 1/5/02]
#13. To: YertleTurtle (#3)
His career as a cop is also over
#14. To: aristeides (#2)
Sheriff's deputy Brian Scarborough seems to have learned nothing from his experiences in Iraq.
#15. To: who knows what evil (#1)
Any idea how the 'locals' are reacting to this?
#16. To: Eoghan (#0)
#17. To: Eoghan (#0)
#18. To: Eoghan (#0)
Scarborough then proceeded to kick the door in, "And the next thing we know, the glass is flying, he unlocks the deadbolt and he comes into our house after us," Kuhn told The Alex Jones Show.
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#20. To: Eoghan, BTP HOLDINGS, NOONE222 (#0)
#21. To: Eoghan, AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt (#0)
Title: 4um Wacko Goes Batsh*t Crazy
Source: freedom4um
URL Source: http://freedom4um. com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?
Published: Jul 31, 2007
Author: AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt
Post Date: 2007-07-31 19:37:54 by calcon
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#22. To: Ferret Mike (#21)
"There is no 'legitimate' Corporation by virtue of it's very legal definition and purpose."
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