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Gregory Johnson

It is an unmistakable statement of contempt for a government to burn its flag.

Gregory Johnson

The Supreme Court decision [Texas v. Johnson, 1989] does not in any way indicate the government is backing off from forcing the flag on people. They just don't want to look too dictatorial in the way they do it.

Gregory Johnson

... of oppression, international murder and plunder ... [of a] sick and dying empire.

The defendant in a Supreme Court flag case (Texas v. Johnson, 1989) said the American flag is a symbol:

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Gregory Johnson

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Nationality: American
Profession: Activist

Biography

Gregory Lee "Joey" Johnson (born 1956) is a political activist affiliated with the Revolutionary Communist Party USA. His burning of the flag of the United States in a political demonstration during the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas, in violation of a Texas law prohibiting flag desecration, led to his role as defendant in the landmark United States Supreme Court case Texas v. Johnson (1989).

GREGORY JOHNSON

(Gregory Lee Johnson)