Activists accuse police of violating their free speech and falsifying events during the 2016 protest.
On 9/27/19 at 7:04 AM EDTThe city of Cleveland has handed out another round of payments to a group of protesters who were wrongfully arrested for staging a flag-burning protest in 2016 against the Republican presidential nomination of Donald Trump.
In total, 16 people were arrested over the flag-burning protest, including Gregory"Joey" Johnson, who famously successfully argued the act of flag burning is protected by the First Amendment after he was arrested for setting fire to one outside the 1984 Republican convention.
The group argued that as the flag was lit outside the RNC convention on June 20, 2016, Cleveland Police officers unjustifiably extinguished the flames and therefore restricted their right to Free Speech. Officers claimed they put out the flag as Johnson's clothes had accidentally caught fire.
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