Veteran Larry Murphfree from Jacksonville, FL was fined $8000 and had a foreclosure lien placed on his home for putting a small American flag in his flowerpot – even though he had a legal right to do so. If he doesn’t pay within 30 days he might lose his home.
“I want it to go away. It’s such a minor little thing and they keep coming after me,” he explained.
“They” is Murphree’s homeowner’s association. He’s lived in the Sweetwater community for years, and been at odds with the HOA for more than two. All over a flag. The veteran decided to put one in his flower pot, and has been fined as a result.
“They just sent me a letter that says I owe them around $8,000 and they put a foreclosure lien on my house,” he continued.
Action News wanted to know how that’s possible, so we took our questions to legal and safety expert Dale Carson.
“There’s an actual Florida statute that says he can display this flag,” Carson said.
Federal law from 2005 also backs that up. We reached out to the law office that reprsents the HOA and got attorney Michelle Haines. She tells me if payment is not made within 30 days, the law office can move forward with foreclosure on Murphree’s home. – See more at: http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/news/local/veteran-may-lose-home-over-flag-fight/ngRCt/#sthash.OTe76VXL.dpuf
Wow where the $#%&!@* do we live? It ain’t America
They Are TRAITORS!!!
They should be jailed and the key thrown away. This has got to be Unconstitutional.
when in the hell did it become illegal to fly the American Flag in America….all you idiots who would be offended by OUR FLAG go beck where you came from, you are not welcome here……
What is America coming to because of our president? It is time to get him out of the USA.
THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD HAS TAKEN ROOT LIKE A BANYAN TREE AND THEY ARE THE TERROTRISTS WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE LONG ARM OF THE EVIL IN THIS COUNTRY
You’ve got to be kidding! If I was him I’d put another hundred big flags all over my property!
whom ever is doing these things aren’t Americans one bit this is America not give everything we have to Illegals seems to be heading there…
I thought that what we were fighting for, our freedom to express how we felt ablut this country. Things are going to far.
F—ing Communism on the loose.