Death Threats Over Denair Flag Incident?

DENAIR, Calif. -- A Denair Unified School District employee reported receiving death threats following national media coverage of a recent American flag ban story.

The employee did not wish to be identified but said ever since the school district made national news because of the recent flag flap, teachers and school administrators have been threatened.

"From the teachers, I know they are taking precautions," the employee said. "I know police have been involved. They are doing safety measures."

KCRA 3 was the first to break the story on 13-year-old Cody Alicea who was told last week that he couldn't fly an American flag on the back of his bicycle while on school grounds because of what school officials called "safety concerns" of racial tension created on Cinco de Mayo.

There is obviously no place for death threats in civil discourse. Excuse my cynicism, but if indeed these threats took place, I would not automatically assign them to any particular ideology. Unbalanced people and liars come in all varieties. I will reserve judgment until there is evidence to corroborate the claims.

Cross posted at LCR.

Mojave Cross Mysteriously Replaced - "Must Go" says Park Service

Ten days ago, we noted a bit of late night vandalism "Thieves Steal Desert Cross" Here is a strange bit of follow up:

A week after a cross was stolen from a Mojave Desert war memorial that played a key role in a recent Supreme Court decision, a different cross was discovered early Thursday morning at the same site.

The National Park Service said in a press release Thursday afternoon that the replica cross would be removed.

Late Thursday, Mojave National Preserve spokeswoman Linda Slater told reporters in California that the new cross is illegal and must come down.

Must come down? Why? The Supreme Court has ruled that having a cross at the memorial is Constitutional. What would be the harm in leaving this cross in place until the park service got their act together to decide how to reconstruct the memorial and then actually do it? I could see if someone replaced the cross with a swastika or a statue of Obama how it could be offensive, but what is the harm or replacing a cross with a cross?

H/T This Ain't Hell
Cross posted at Say Anything