The Epoch Times An NYPD officer who was removing anti-vaccine mandate protestors from a Panera Bread in Brooklyn, New York, on Dec. 19, forcefully grabbed a pole with an American flag from one of them and threw it to the floor, subsequently trampling it during the scuffle.
As two other NYPD officers proceeded to arrest Mitchell Bosch, an Army veteran who has been protesting against NYC vaccine mandates, the police took the flag from Boschâs hand.
âDonât let the flag touch the ground!â Bosch said loudly, holding a copy of the Constitution on the other hand. âThe flag does not touch the ground!â
As another protestor picked up the flag, a female officer forcefully took it from him and threw it on the ground, stepping on it multiple times. Amid the chaos, itâs unclear if it was intentional…
