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Sheriff Claiming to be 'Oath Keeper' Wants to Jail Flag Burners, Deport Antiwar Protesters

• http://thefreethoughtproject.com, By Matt Agorist

Much of the work done by this organization has been beneficial to the preservation and advancement of freedom and liberty. However, on Sunday, an Oath Keeper meeting in Mustang, Oklahoma would show just how far off course this organization has gone.

Oath Keeper member and Canadian County Sheriff, Randall Edwards, showed that the 'oath' he took to protect the Constitution, apparently lacked the First Amendment. During the group's four hour-long meeting at the Mustang Community Center, Edwards called for those who practice their free speech by a means that doesn't meet his arbitrary approval, should be jailed.

"People who were burning the American flag should have been thrown in jail," said Edwards.

Instead of booing him off the stage, these fellow "Oath Keepers," erupted with applause.

"People who fly any flag above the American flag should be put in jail for treason," continued Edwards seemingly replacing the inalienable right of free speech with the right to kidnap and cage people over their use of a piece of cloth.


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