As though it is not un-American enough that the Dept. of Veterans Affairs has officially declared that our American flag is a “placard, pamphlet, handbill or flyer” and orders VA police to issue criminal arrest citations to Veterans and patriots who display our nation’s colors outside the VA, but four deputy U.S. attorneys of the Justice Dept. officially indicted the revered flag. They accused it of being an imposter.
Last Wednesday, the American flag was arraigned and indicted in U.S. Federal Court for the Central District of California, Courtroom 341, “United States of America v. Robert L. Rosebrock,” after I pleaded “not guilty” to the VA’s criminal charges of “distributing of materials such as pamphlets, handbills, and/or flyers, and the displaying of placards or posting of materials on bulletin boards or elsewhere on property is prohibited.”
In sum, the American flag — as we know it – is a co-defendant in this case because the DOJ cannot indict one without indicting the other.
It remains unanswered as to what authority VA Secretary Robert A. McDonald officially transformed our American flag into a “placard, pamphlet, handbill or flyer?
On Oct. 25, I displayed the American flag on the front fence outside the VA, was criminally cited and my American flag confiscated and held as “evidence” for being a placard, pamphlet, handbill, and/or flyer.”
A small child knows the difference between Old Glory and a placard. The child would seriously admonish VA Secretary McDonald and condemn him for falsely and unpatriotically declaring that the American flag is not our nation’s symbol of freedom and justice.
A child could easily indict and prosecute the VA and DOJ for anti-Americanism, discrimination, retaliation, corruption, misconduct, malfeasance.
The foregoing notwithstanding, Wednesday was clearly one of the proudest days of my life as I stood before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gail J. Standish to defend not me, but our grand flag of the Republic of the United States of America.
It was also a day that was clearly one of the most shameful in American history when Old Glory was maliciously prosecuted by four deputy U.S. attorneys and ceremoniously accused of being a fake and a fraud.
At the arraignment, I informed Judge Standish that my co-defendant, the American flag, was present in the courtroom standing next to her. Correspondingly, I advised the judge that America’s emblem of “liberty and justice for all” was improperly displayed to her left instead of to her right.
There is a disgraceful consistency of flagrant disrespect for the American flag by our federal government as the VA continuously flies torn and tattered U.S. flags on Los Angeles VA property where Veterans are trying to heal from war-injuries they suffered while defending our nation’s colors. These same VA bureaucrats criminalize the displaying of the American flag outside the VA – calling it a placard – and they do this with the full support of the DOJ and U.S. attorneys.
Sharon McCaslin, the lead U.S. deputy attorney at the arraignment, informed Judge Standish that even though I am pleading not guilty, the court could fine me up to $5,000 and six months in jail if I’m found guilty. The Judge asked me if I understood the charges and conditions.
I respectfully responded that I was being charged with displaying placards, pamphlets, etc., and that I was in Court defending the American flag. As a Veteran, I was highly insulted by the VA’s falsified charges and that I had no problem with serving time in jail for defending the Honor of our American Flag.
Judge Standish said that she understood my concerns, declaring that she is also a Veteran, but again asked if I understood the results if found guilty, and I stated, “yes.”
Incredulously, instead of immediately dismissing the bogus charges, Judge Standish allowed the sham DOJ indictment to go forward for federal trial, which is May 5.
It is a predicated on the fact that the Attorney General, U.S. District and magistrate judges, U.S. attorneys, the Secretary of the VA, entrusted police officers, detectives and bureaucrats of the VA, and others are federal employees.
Correspondingly, the co-defendants are facing a stacked-deck and a premeditated retaliatory, hostile and malicious prosecution.
Nevertheless, it was an extremely proud day to stand on my own in U.S. federal court, without legal counsel, defending the revered Flag of the United States of America. It doesn’t get any better than this.
God Bless America and the Veterans Revolution!
Mr. Rosebrock may be contacted at RRosebrock1@aol.com