American flags vandalized at South Boston memorials

Crime

Native veterans and elected officers held a gathering Wednesday on the Medal of Honor Park in response to the vandalism.

Group members and elected officers are outraged after somebody vandalized American flags at three memorials in South Boston.

Acts of vandalism towards the flags had been discovered Wednesday morning on the neighborhood’s Medal of Honor Park, Admiral Farragut Statue, and Korean Battle Memorial. Images shared in a neighborhood bulletin board depict the flags knocked over, crumpled up, and strewn about on the street close by.

“Why would somebody do that?” Thomas J. Fitzgerald VFW Submit 561 mentioned on Fb. “Do they not know what our flag stands for. The last word sacrifice paid by some for our freedom or the ache the households carry who’ve misplaced their love ones.”

The act prompted a response from Metropolis Councilor Ed Flynn, State Sen. Nick Collins, and State Rep. David Biele, who attended a gathering Wednesday at Medal of Honor Park with native veterans and officers.

“It’s unacceptable to trigger vandalism to an American flag and/or any veterans memorial,” Flynn wrote in a assertion. “These memorials aren’t simply monuments, they’re locations of remembrance that acknowledge the supreme sacrifice made by these heroic veterans. We stand with our veterans and army households and respect the American flag right now and daily.”

Flynn known as for a rise in safety infrastructure to “defend public belongings honoring veterans and assist regulation enforcement maintain these accountable who violate the regulation by defacing them.” He additionally acknowledged that he filed a report with the Boston Police Division and {that a} South Boston resident did the identical with Massachusetts State Police.

Officers famous that the vandalism occurred someday between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m. Wednesday, in accordance with a Boston police report. No different details about the vandalism was instantly out there however each departments are persevering with to research.