There is a Flag rule that is legal when a country is in distress. My question are flags going to be placed in this position due to the protests nation wide 2/17/2025?
Here are the Flag rules and this country is in distress with the Trump and followers shredding the constitution and lashes out at judges and Congress not to mention the firings of federal workers and slashing civil rights going back to Lyndon Johnson.
Political turmoil: Events of political turmoil such as a crisis, scandal, or breach of democratic protocol, could allow an individual or group to protest by flying the flag upside down. One reason for this is they are protesting the actions taken by the government or the implementation of policies that may threaten the values and principles of the United States. In recent years, politically active Americans would often fly the flags upside down to protest the current presidential administration. For example, left-leaning Americans would do this to express their disapproval of then-President Donald Trump. Likewise, right-leaning voters would do the same as an expression of disapproval for President Joe Biden. Even political protests for national abortion rights featured upside-down U.S. flags to signal their disapproval of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, including the restriction of abortion laws in conservative-leaning states.
- The Civil Rights Movement: Throughout the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement led by Martin Luther King Jr. and others, gained steam. African American activists would fly the American flag upside down to protest racial injustice and segregation laws. Their movement was successful with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 among other policies. Today, upside-down American flags are sometimes displayed at social justice protests, such as the Black Lives Matter Movement.
Flags are important symbols and can evoke strong emotions depending on the context. Flying a U.S. flag upside down as a form of protest has existed for at least 50 years.
I would think the country is in distress with Trump and Musk tearing up our government and the antics being pulled to do away with democracy.