American flags burned on Laguna Niguel street

Residents on a quiet street in Laguna Niguel awoke this morning to find that the American flags hanging outside their homes had been burned overnight, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

Four American flags were burned and one decorative flag was also destroyed, said Sgt. Sherrie Thompson. Another homeowner discovered that his flag, attached to a pole, was missing.

The neighbors, all in the 28800 block of Placida Avenue, had put up the flags in observance of the Fourth of July, Thompson said.

She said the vandalism appeared to have occurred about 1 a.m. Friday. The incident could have become serious, Thompson said, because one of the burnt flags hung near tall bushes, which were partly charred.

 “We don’t know if there were kids creating mischief, or if somebody was a target,” she said. Not all the American flags on the street were destroyed, she said.

-- My-Thuan Tran

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[KK]

Maybe someone is angry about not getting to be a US citizen.