The question here isn't flag burning its vandalism.
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Staley, 18, is accused of taking the flag from a residence and setting it on fire. His father said the teenager “has no reason for anger against the United States” and could easily have ignited a garbage can instead of a flag.
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He is in trouble because it was
someone elses flag.
I don't know what TN law is here, but I'm willing to bet if it was his own property he wouldn't be in trouble.