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struggle4progress

(118,319 posts)
Sat Jul 18, 2015, 01:46 PM Jul 2015

North Carolina man who surrounded his yard with Confederate flags in jail

POSTED 1:23 PM, JULY 18, 2015

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — A North Carolina man who was recently in the news for surrounding his home with Confederate flags is in jail on a probation violation charge ... West allegedly failed to appear at a probation hearing last week and a judge issued an arrest warrant ... West had reportedly been serving two years of probation for a misdemeanor conviction of “assault pointing gun.” He has an Aug. 5 court appearance. West lives in a predominately black neighborhood in Rocky Mount ...

http://myfox8.com/2015/07/18/north-carolina-man-who-surrounded-his-yard-with-confederate-flags-in-jail/

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North Carolina man who surrounded his yard with Confederate flags in jail (Original Post) struggle4progress Jul 2015 OP
Hmmmm. If ya run out of toilet paper, an old rag will do in a pinch....! MADem Jul 2015 #1
It's clear where his entire "home improvement" budget went struggle4progress Jul 2015 #3
He's clearly ready to secede from the neighborhood Warren DeMontague Jul 2015 #6
Yep, gives a new meaning to the phrase "He's a rebel and he'll never never be any good....!" nt MADem Jul 2015 #7
Ya know, I kinda like it. ladyVet Jul 2015 #9
Ha ha! At least you'd know where they were locked up! nt MADem Jul 2015 #10
A thoroughbred moran malaise Jul 2015 #11
Color me totally unsurprised. Warpy Jul 2015 #2
Ha ha ha ha ha!! MADem Jul 2015 #4
... Major Nikon Jul 2015 #5
Kicking from NC. WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2015 #8
Would be a DAMN SHAME if something happened to his precious flags/compound while he was away... lol ncjustice80 Jul 2015 #12

MADem

(135,425 posts)
1. Hmmmm. If ya run out of toilet paper, an old rag will do in a pinch....!
Sat Jul 18, 2015, 02:30 PM
Jul 2015

"Pointing a gun," eh?

Jail is a good place for that guy. What a CHARMIN' home....!!!!!!

ladyVet

(1,587 posts)
9. Ya know, I kinda like it.
Sat Jul 18, 2015, 09:00 PM
Jul 2015

Add about eight feet of chain link, topped with barbed wire and a big sign to not feed the inmates...

Warpy

(111,305 posts)
2. Color me totally unsurprised.
Sat Jul 18, 2015, 02:37 PM
Jul 2015

That flag is an asshole indicator. The more of them displayed, the bigger the assholes.

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