{"id":10222,"date":"2024-12-03T02:54:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T07:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=10222"},"modified":"2024-12-03T02:54:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T07:54:28","slug":"police-remove-citizen-from-council-meeting-for-holding-american-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=10222","title":{"rendered":"Police Remove Citizen From Council Meeting For Holding American Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police Remove Citizen From Council Meeting For Holding American Flag<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SMG News Wire<\/a>December 2, 2024<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Perhaps, Nishith Patel, Edison Township Council President just doesn’t get the importance of the American flag and the Constitution. The fruits of diversity!]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Edison Township Council in New Jersey has banned citizens from having American flags, copies of the U.S. Constitution or \u201cother props\u201d at meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A citizen who objected to the new rules was told by council president Nishith Patel that he was in violation ordered police to remove the man from the council chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo consider the American flag and the Constitution a prop when someone raises it is an insult to what the flag is, what the flag stands for and what this country is,\u201d resident Maryann Hennessey told MyCentralJersey.com.<\/a><\/strong> \u201cFor you to consider the use of the American flag a prop is disgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ: Twilight\u2019s Last Gleaming: Can America Be Saved? President Trump Says It\u2019s a \u201cMust Read\u201d book.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patel told the Edison Reporter that \u201cany props will be considered not conducive to good order and as the President I am making that call.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe American flag is a symbol of our nation and our values,\u201d resident Joel Bassoff told the Edison Reporter.<\/a><\/strong> \u201cTo suggest that displaying it is disruptive is an insult to everything it stands for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patel then told Bassoff he was in violation of the council\u2019s rules by holding the American flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s my constitutional right to do this,\u201d Bassoff said. \u201cIf you get sued, you will lose. My suggestion to you is that you get a second opinion from competent counsel because you are wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that point police were summoned and Bassoff was removed from the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents can be heard clapping as Bassoff continued. \u201cYou are interfering with the decorum of this meeting by interfering with the right to speech of a member of the public. And it should stop now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edison Republican Chairwoman Sylvia Engle said that banning the flag from council meetings \u201cgoes beyond normal political discourse between parties and will be destructive to our diverse community. This goes beyond common sense, quite frankly it\u2019s absurd.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men and women sacrificed their lives for that flag and it\u2019s disgraceful to imagine elected officials would dare to ban Old Glory. Watch the entire encounter below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Speaker<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Speaker Johnson Chickens Out on Transgender Bathroom Fight<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By Todd Starnes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"BULLETIN:<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

BULLETIN: Biden Pardons His Son Hunter<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By Todd Starnes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"FBI<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

FBI Raided Barron Trump\u2019s Bedroom, But Not Hunter\u2019s<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By Todd Starnes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Democrats<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Democrats Still Don\u2019t Get It<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By The Political Insider<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Fewer<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fewer Have Election Cheating Concerns for 2024<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By RasmussenReports.com New Articles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Democrats<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Democrats in Denial After Defeat?<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By RasmussenReports.com New Articles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Trump:<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Trump: Release the Hostages or \u2018There Will be ALL HELL TO PAY\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By Todd Starnes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Speaker<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Speaker Johnson Chickens Out on Transgender Bathroom Fight<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By Todd Starnes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Professor:<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Professor: Minority Trump Voters are \u2018Dead to Me\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By Todd Starnes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"FBI<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

FBI Raided Barron Trump\u2019s Bedroom, But Not Hunter\u2019s<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By Todd Starnes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Most<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Most Workers Expect Higher Pay Next Year<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By RasmussenReports.com New Articles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018Winter of Hypocrisy\u2019 Is Coming Soon<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By The Political Insider<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police Remove Citizen From Council Meeting For Holding American Flag SMG News WireDecember 2, 2024 [Perhaps, Nishith Patel, Edison Township Council President just doesn’t get the importance of the American flag and the Constitution. The fruits of diversity!] The Edison … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5771,5770,5769],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10222"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10223,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10222\/revisions\/10223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Notice: ob_end_flush(): Failed to send buffer of zlib output compression (0) in /home/public/wp-includes/functions.php on line 5373