Non-Halloween headlines: Flag desecration; TV truck trouble

October 31, 2009 at 9:38 pm | In Crime, West Seattle news | 9 Comments

FLAG DESECRATION: Highland Park community activist and ex-City Council candidate Dorsol Plants wrote about this incident on his Facebook page; we asked his permission to share it here, and he said OK. He wrote on FB, “Last night someone shredded the American flag I hang in front of my house. I woke up this morning and could clearly see knife cuts and they had tied it in a knot. That’s just pathetic.” (Plants, by the way, is a U.S. Army veteran who did two tours of duty in Iraq.)

TRUCK TROUBLE: Nick got this photo late today north of ActivSpace on Harbor Ave (including the uncroppable person he described as “zombie lawyer”):

We have no official report on what toppled the truck, but the KOMO news desk confirmed to WSB that everybody’s OK.

9 Comments

  1. First: it is pathetic that someone descrated your flag Dorsol. Allow me to express my gratitude for your service.

    Second: That Zombie lawyer looks like an ambulance chaser circling in for a good client! Perhaps a WSB Sponsor in the making?

    Comment by 35this35mph — 9:51 pm October 31, 2009 #

  2. Okay the zombie lawyer is just too funny. He puts it all in perspective. Great shot.

    Comment by reality — 9:58 pm October 31, 2009 #

  3. 35 said all that needs to be said about the flag.

    we saw a story on KOMO- about the creperie closing (which has been mentioned here quite a few times).
    here is a link to the story:

    http://www.komonews.com/news/local/68079872.html

    the camera angle is really weird at the end. maybe that is when the truck rolled over.

    Comment by sam-c — 10:45 pm October 31, 2009 #

  4. It was really very windy last night. Maybe I’m giving people too much credit, but could it have been the wind that tore up the flag?

    Comment by Donna — 11:04 pm October 31, 2009 #

  5. Funny how KOMO does not seem to have time to report on their own story about the truck tipping over :)

    Comment by Kevin — 11:18 pm October 31, 2009 #

  6. Well, on a night when a police officer has been shot, we’ll spot them this one … anyone who wants to follow that story by the way will get the best information from our fellow independent community-collaborative online news source Central District News:
    http://www.centraldistrictnews.com
    .
    TR

    Comment by WSB — 11:24 pm October 31, 2009 #

  7. I guess KOMO leaned a little too far to the right on one of their news stories ;)

    Comment by Craig H — 12:26 am November 1, 2009 #

  8. Donna,

    That was my first hopeful thought, but the wind can’t tie a perfect knot and you could see lines from other places they’d tried to cut.

    Comment by Dorsol — 2:36 am November 1, 2009 #

  9. I’m really glad that no one was injured but maybe we’ll get a little less of that sensationalization masquerading as news.

    Comment by Andrew Novikoff — 9:54 am November 3, 2009 #

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