A California lady was arrested Thursday after elevating a Mexican flag at a Bakersfield park the place an American flag had been flying.
In response to the Kern County Sheriff’s Workplace, Crystal Aguilar, 24, was arrested, in keeping with KERO-TV.
A put up from the division on Facebook stated deputies responded at 9:36 a.m. to a report that somebody was attempting to steal an American flag from the park.
After they arrived they discovered Aguilar and a automobile caught within the mud close to the flagpole.
The put up stated the suspect “had lower the chain securing the flagpole, eliminated the American flag, and thrown it into the mud earlier than elevating the nationwide flag of Mexico as an alternative.”
“When Park Rangers tried to detain Aguilar, she bodily resisted and made a number of verbal threats in opposition to them,” the discharge stated.
“You’re not going to inform me what to do, that is Mexican land,” Aguilar informed police in a video to YouTube, including an obscenity.
WARNING: The next video contains obscene language that some might discover offensive.
As deputies tried to detain her, she informed them, “my individuals kill you.”
“Contact me, motherf***er, and … your child dies,” she stated.
The video confirmed Aguilar being confrontational and battling the police arresting her.
Aguilar was arrested and booked into jail on expenses of trespassing, threatening a peace officer, resisting arrest, having marijuana in a park, and vandalism.
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Aguilar is scheduled to look in courtroom on Monday, in keeping with KGET-TV.
In response to KBAK-TV, Thursday’s protest adopted one by Aguilar on Wednesday.
“I’m a baby of Mexican dad and mom who had been deported,” she stated. “I ended up within the system, a system that failed me, and like me, there’s many instances.”
Republican Rep. Vince Fong of California stated Aguilar had it all wrong in attacking President Donald Trump’s insurance policies.
“The president has been very clear that the main focus of those operations is to take care of criminals who’re convicted or doing hurt,” Fong stated.
This text appeared initially on The Western Journal.
