Source: United Press International
“A man has been arrested near the White House for setting an American flag on fire shortly after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to prosecute acts of flag ‘desecration.’ The Secret Service confirmed the arrest in a statement to Newsweek, stating the suspect was detained in Lafayette Park for ‘igniting an object’ at about 6:15 p.m. EDT Monday. The suspect was turned over to U.S. Park Police, which told NBC News that the person had violated a statute that bans fires in public parks. In a video of the incident published on social media by The Bulwark news organization, the suspect identified himself as a 20-year combat veteran who said he was burning the flag ‘as a protest to that illegal fascist president that sits in that House.'” (08/26/25)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/08/26/flag-burning-arrest/8091756193837/