August 22, 1984: USA Flag Burner Arrested

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🗓️ 22 August 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Outside the Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas, police arrested Gregory Lee Johnson for burning the American flag. Johnson maintained that while the act was illegal in Texas, it was still protected under the first amendment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Sunday, August 22nd, 2021.
0:07.0	On this day in 1984, police in Dallas, Texas, arrested Gregory Lee Johnson, outside the Republican National Convention.
0:17.0	He was jailed for burning an American flag.
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0:56.7	Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast.
1:01.3	Today we're talking about the arrest of Gregory Lee Johnson
1:04.6	and the impact of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that followed.
1:09.7	Let's go back to August 22nd, 1984, just outside the Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas.
1:18.6	The conference, assembled to officially nominate the Republican presidential candidate, was in full swing.
1:26.6	The party was ready to put up Ronald Reagan and
1:29.2	George Bush for their second terms. And like all political events, this one drew its share of
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