Man faces jury in flag ripping case

Is a UNM student a patriot or vandal? That is the question in front of an Albuquerque jury.

Peter Lynch, a military veteran, is at the center of the controversy.

Prosecutors opened up the trial Monday saying Lynch should be found guilty of the misdemeanor charge of criminal damage to property.

Lynch ripped down a Mexican flag last fall on the UNM campus.

That flag belonged to El Centro De La Raza, a university group that has accused Lynch of a hate crime, and of being racist.

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[LIVERLADD]

Oh so now ripping a nations flag is view as racist? But what of the wet backs that ripped the US Flag?

[wetweasel56]

Try to fly a US flag on a university campus in Mexico and you will experience an interesting reaction, but you may not live to tell about it.

[Acelera89]

Fuck that, IF I SEE AN AMERICAN FLAG IN PERU THEN IMMA DO THE SAME

[xSTOMPER415x]

Can we all get along!!!

[fuckpopularbelief]

yep, hero

[1955Bradpitt]

The is a Hero

[southernmostcali]

Such hatred...Now tell me why should an organization intended to give a certain group of people a voice be banned from U.S. schools. I am an American born in the U.S. as were my parents, and Grandparents who speak of a time when chicanos, or latinos as a whole could were humiliated in class rooms, discriminated and kept from using the same bathrooms, and water fountains as whites. Never again can this be. Unless your wish is take away the voices of your fellow Americans and those who wish to be.

[davemc70]

send the mexican flag and all its supporters to mexico and live in their filth ridden existence. f their independence, they are dependant on us for feeding them and their kids, leeches on society they are, pour salt on the whole lot of them...............

[JayAreDubya]

Crimes against Mexicans are not crimes. They are acts of war for the defense of the U.S.A.

Vote Nugent/Malkin 08.