Bryton Mellott
publication date: Saturday, July 30, 2016 (part of Summer 2016)
category: 
Injustice
clue: His criminally unpatriotic choice of expression might have made him an actual criminal under Illinois law.
explanation: Mellott was arrested in July 2016 for burning an American flag, a crime under Illinois law despite the Supreme Court ruling that it was free speech protected by the First Amendment. He was released without being charged. more…
difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, and Richard Slominsky
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