Of course, the Detroit PD used different statutes
(USA Today) A man born in Iraq who says he has a history of psychological problems has admitted to burning Qurans in a Detroit suburb on three separate occasions over the past month.
Ali Hassan Al-Asadi, 51, was arrested on June 25 outside the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center in Dearborn, Mich., after he burned a Quran while holding a wooden club, Dearborn Police Lt. Douglas Topolski said Monday. (snip)
Al-Asadi was charged with littering and the release of soot, both misdemeanors. He was released on a $500 bond after pleading guilty and faces a sentencing on Aug. 5 in 19th District Court in Dearborn.
One has to wonder what would have happened had Al-Asadi burned a Bible. Or an American flag.
Al-Asadi told the Free Press on Monday that he burned a dozen Qurans over the past year at several locations because he has increasingly negative views about Muslims in general and because he had a financial dispute with an Iraqi-American Muslim.
And he’s engaged in what would be Constitutionally protected Free Speech, where it a Bible or Flag.
Imam Husham Al-Husainy, head of the Karbalaa center, thanked police for arresting the man who burned Qurans outside his center. Al-Husainy said he doesn’t know Al-Asadi.
Of course he did.
https://twitter.com/WilliamTeach/status/486487329423368192
We’ll see if the Detroit PD replies by the time I intend to post this.
