The flag says, “F - Biden” and, in smaller text below, “And f - you for voting for him!”
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Resident Steven Gilbert, who identifies as a Republican, told WILX that he called the Jackson Police Department about the flag, calling it “just so offensive.”
“It’s the word itself,” he said. “It’s not the statement that it’s making. It’s that word.”
Jackson is a city of about 35,000 that sits in the center of Michigan, to the west of Detroit and Ann Arbor.
Gilbert told WILX that police said they could not require the homeowner to take the flag down.
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BY TYLER HAMMEL
The Daily Progress
The owner of a controversial flagpole bearing a Confederate flag in Louisa County has received a permit to reduce the height of the structure, likely ending a years-long legal battle.
The Confederate battle flag has been an issue of contention since it was erected in 2018. Initially called the Charlottesville I-64 Spirit of Defiance Memorial Battle Flag by the Virginia Flaggers, the flagpole was reportedly built in response to Charlottesville City Council votes to remove two statues of Confederate generals.
The 30- by 50-foot flag flies from a 120-foot-tall pole about 15 miles east of Charlottesville. The flagpole, erected on private property, is momentarily visible to motorists traveling east on Interstate 64.
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Incompatible modes of transport In 1865, shortly after the first steam-powered horseless carriage appeared on English highways, Parliament ordered that a man must precede it on foot, carrying a red flag by day or a lantern by night, to warn others of the impending noise. At least three people were employed to drive or conduct such a locomotive if more than two wagons or carriages were attached an additional person was required. While any locomotive was in motion, one employee had to go ahead of the locomotive on foot carrying a red flag warning the riders and drivers of horses of the approach. They also were responsible for signalling to the driver when to stop and assist any horses or carriages that got spooked by the noise. Vermont passed a similar law in 1894, requiring the owner of a steam-pr
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