CALHOUN COUNTY, IOWA – An Iowa man was put in a jail cell for flying the American flag upside down, beneath the Chinese flag, in a protest.
Homer Martz, age 63, was arrested in Calhoun county, Iowa on Friday, August 12 and charged with desecration of the American flag, a simple misdemeanor.
According to the Fort Dodge Messenger, Martz was protesting an oil pipeline being built next to his water well and decided to fly the American flag upside down, beneath the Chinese flag. He was then arrested and taken to jail.
No trial date has been set, yet, records show.
Martz, reportedly an army veteran, told the Messenger he didn’t know about a law that forbade his treatment of the flag, saying “If they had asked me to take them down, and showed me the statute, I would have taken them down … but in my book, they trespassed by taking the flags down. In China there is no freedom, no protesting, no due process. In Iowa? In America?”
Don’t worry Mr. Marty next time just stomp it on the ground then burn it like every other comy does and is free. Thanks for your service brother from US Army vet
terre – you have our permission to wipe your crack with your own countrys flag. We know it not the American flag.
Hillary clinton and the demorats will replace old glory with a United Nations flag and George Soros will be king of the world and Hillary will be queen thief – Kiss America goodbye as we have known it for evil forces are at work to destroy America as they are doing in Europe. Think it can’t happen – Vote demorat corrupt clinton in and kizz your freedoms GOODBYE!
Yes about 4-5 other websites have republish the Messenger story, word for word. BUT KWWL has apologize for republishing the story and since apologized for it since the story turned out to be false.
United States/America is not a country it is a corporation, the United States was created by occultists to honor Lucifer/Satan, video by Michael Tsarion “The Occult history Of America”, https://youtu.be/bMnrBHIbtZM, video by Wake U.S. From Slumber, https://youtu.be/DhigXBEMsD0, he should have asked them to explain these videos, the flag is a piece of material, we get our rights from the Creator not man, no more mindless order followers, all dictators have mindless order followers, and after they are done using them they are the first to go.
It is hard to fight the government – your better off to pay off the nearest democat in power – like a contribution to the clinton foundation – but seriously water quality is more important than you think – Digging a oil pipeline in next to his well -while not poisoning right away will destroy his well . Proven fact. TRUMP 2016. Ask clinton/obama/reid about selling out America to the chinks.. They should be the ones in jail.. PS I am a Veteran and take being a patriot very seriously the corruption by the Democatric party .
You’re clueless… Christie forgave trump a $25 million tax bill in N Jersey and you’re bitching about the Dems?! You should go get at least your GED…you might look about half smart.
MATT your “suggest a story isn’t working” whats with the windmills south of the ethanol plant on the saints. been up quite awhile and not a blade has turned. were they built for the Hog Plant and that’s why they don’t turn??
Good question, I have noticed that as well.
Guessing they have been completed a good 6 months.
IN relation to the sellout of America to the Chinese, Mr. Martz is right. I think people should fund his legal defense thru GoFundMe. It’d be a hard day in court for some cheeky Prosecutor to try and convince a jury that American corporations haven’t sold America out to the Communist Totalitarian Chinese. He should fight this all the way.
flying the american flag upside down means nation in distress, it is against the law to fly the flag of another nation above the american flag though.
It’s perfectly legal to fly the US flag upside down and perfectly legal to fly it beneath another flag. Just google it if you don’t believe me.
This story is completely fictional.
Amen! Too many people believe anything just because they read it.
I did google it even though I already knew the answer. http://www.united-states-flag.com/displaying-flags.html
I think you’re confusing “rules” and “laws.” The “rules” for flying the flag are clear, but there are no enforceable criminal laws on the books for not following the “rules.” Some states have passed flag laws, but they’ve been overruled by SCOTUS.
What, David’s confused?
What are the odds of that! 🙂
If he is a Free Mason he could use the the Masonic distress hand symbol in court and get off Scott free, video by Wake Up, https://youtu.be/LlfoyybN-rU.
How can that be law still be on the book? SCOTUS has been over this time and time again. You can burn her, trample her, piss and shit on her and be well within your constitutional rights. I don’t approve of it more than the next upstanding American, but then again, the first amendment wasn’t written to protect politicall correctness.
Ok I’m not for desacrating the U.S. flag in any way. With that said it’s weird how who is charged for desacrating it is like pick and choose. BLM and others are allowed to destroy the flag by walking on it and burning it and are protected by free speech but flying it upside down isn’t free speech? How is one worse than the other? True or not the arrested should plead not guilty due to free speech.
Because the CONservatives cherry pic laws and rules they want to follow. Who do you think got the pipeline to go through in the 1st place? The CONS on the Iowa Utilities Board. And they (the Texas Oil company Bakken ) can TAKE the farmers land! And our CONservtive govenor backs them. Pathetic.
This is not a true story and it never happened!! Ithis is what happens when news sources are not checked. This is only an internet stiry, urban left and never happens in Iowa or anywhere in the United States. Change the the name of this from news organization website to a rumour, gossip or tabloid and this would be a great website.
I just copied the headline for this article (Iowa man arrested for flying American flag upside down, under Chinese flag) in to a Yahoo browser and found about 4 different stories relating to the same subject. I’d say the story is true and accurate.
Just because other websites have reposted it, doesn’t make it true, I know I can find more then four websites that day Elvis is alive and we didn’t land on the moon and other crap. There we false rumors that Trump was shot by multiple websites recently. Why not call the Messenger, call Mr. Martz, or Calhoun County Attorney or Shieff and ask. Because I have!!!!
AT. Nunya —-who would have thought you are really Dan Rather. Huh. and what is a Shieff.
My flew i flag sideup down once, horrible was it – all time the I cry tears eyes burst and pooped lawn it on.,
Thing good Peter that Lagios toilet brought wipe paper me for use to bottom clean. My he is friend best.