Saturday, May 29, 2010

Montebello High School Wrongly Accused In Appalling American Flag Display

There is an email going around that shows the Montebello High School participating in a flag demonstration that I personally find appalling.  On March 27, 2006 a school from the city of Whittier was protesting immigration problems when they came upon Montebello High School hoping to recruit more protesters for their cause.  School officials were told the protesters were on the way so they locked down the school.  According to the Montebello High School website and this letter from Robert G Henke - Assistant Superintendent none of the Montebello students were involved in the protest.
A student from the Whittier area took down the American flag, the State of California flag, ran the Mexican flag up the empty pole, turned the American flag upside down and flew it below the Mexican one.

I believe in the right to protest, freedom of speech and I get why they did it but I don't have to like it!

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