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Happy Hoosier

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40. I understand....

Reply to panader0 (Reply #33)

Sun Aug 16, 2020, 04:02 PM

Aug 2020

But There are potentially serious charges in the offing here. And in no case would I tell the cops any damn thing.

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I need advice. My daughter stole a Trump flag. [View all] Beakybird Aug 2020 OP

I can see why the police would not give you the contact info Sanity Claws Aug 2020 #1

For starters, your daughter needs a good talking-to about The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #2

This. cwydro Aug 2020 #23

Sounds to me the ex-wife needs a talking to Bev54 Aug 2020 #31

+1 crickets Aug 2020 #43

Agree 100% beaglelover Aug 2020 #47

YOU really screwed up? No... THEY screwed up Takket Aug 2020 #3

This!👆 SheltieLover Aug 2020 #12

Excellent ideas in your last paragraph. I believe that would resolve the situation unless the Blue_true Aug 2020 #48

It hurts, tremendously, but I would have your daughter buy them another Trump flag woodsprite Aug 2020 #4

Tell them you'll look into it, but you hear that a lot of people are burning tRump stopbush Aug 2020 #5

A lot of people are saying that. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2020 #10

Some say lunatica Aug 2020 #26

They might not appreciate that. marie999 Aug 2020 #19

Very fine people and all. Jamastiene Aug 2020 #61

I suspect you would get the same reaction from the Trump fan that you would get from any Democrat... DFW Aug 2020 #6

Well, if your daughter is a minor, you might have more to deal with than replacing a flag. LuvLoogie Aug 2020 #7

It could be worse, she could have stolen it because she wanted it for herself. rzemanfl Aug 2020 #8

You did not screw up. Your wife and daughter did when they chose to steal someone's property. Dial H For Hero Aug 2020 #9

You didn't do anything wrong. Codeine Aug 2020 #11

Interesting. Just had this same talk with my 17 year old daughter yesterday Buckeyeblue Aug 2020 #13

Some people have booby trapped their Trump signs.. VarryOn Aug 2020 #15

Right. And we have a bunch of crazy gun nuts that would use that as an excuse to shoot someone. Buckeyeblue Aug 2020 #17

You're not a fuddydud. cwydro Aug 2020 #27

When she gets older she'll hear what you said. lunatica Aug 2020 #28

Foremost it is on your wife, but the choice was the wife and daughter. They hold the responsibility. LizBeth Aug 2020 #14

Replace the flag and hopefully all will be well. LisaL Aug 2020 #16

I'd say leave it alone..the cops are busy. If they want to to take it any further you'll be Thekaspervote Aug 2020 #18

It's a misdemeanor. Lunabell Aug 2020 #20

Everyone needs to safeinOhio Aug 2020 #21

Here's what I would do struggle4progress Aug 2020 #22

That's good advice. yardwork Aug 2020 #34

Thanks so much for replies! I need to sift through these. Beakybird Aug 2020 #24

I wouldn't have told the cops anything. Happy Hoosier Aug 2020 #25

Not everyone has a couple of thousand dollars to "lawyer up" as has been suggested. panader0 Aug 2020 #33

I understand.... Happy Hoosier Aug 2020 #40

Exactly. Jamastiene Aug 2020 #62

I feel badly for the poster. He didn't create this situation. yardwork Aug 2020 #35

never tell the cops ANYTHING SiliconValley_Dem Aug 2020 #29

They committed a crime in YOUR car? ismnotwasm Aug 2020 #30

Leave it alone. Don't talk to the cops again. That goes for your daughter too. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2020 #32

This exactly. Jamastiene Aug 2020 #64

This is just not true. Evergreen Emerald Aug 2020 #73

That's not entirely true RhodeIslandOne Aug 2020 #78

I would talk to a lawyer. Patterson Aug 2020 #36

I guess I do know a lawyer. Beakybird Aug 2020 #37

Did she save the ashes? Return the flag in an appropriate urn. Budi Aug 2020 #38

Given that she doesn't have the slgihtest remorse for stealing the property of others, be glad you Dial H For Hero Aug 2020 #42

So THEY steal, THEY get caught, YOU do the right thing Drahthaardogs Aug 2020 #39

Thanks for support! When I get my Federal unemployment, I'll order that pizza. Beakybird Aug 2020 #41

I don't think giving the police your daughter's phone number was necessary, actually. pnwmom Aug 2020 #44

Agreed. But the cops just wanted the flag returned. Beakybird Aug 2020 #46

And they had just woken you up -- I can see how they caught you off guard. pnwmom Aug 2020 #58

This is unacceptable. Daughter needs a good talking to... Tarc Aug 2020 #45

Good pointers. Jamastiene Aug 2020 #67

It's wrong to steal someone else's private property and then destroy it no matter what ... Raine Aug 2020 #49

Your daughter knows where she stole the flag from. Mariana Aug 2020 #50

Call the police and explain that your daughter "lost" the flag in a rage. Blue_true Aug 2020 #51

I agree with this MustLoveBeagles Aug 2020 #60

I would suggest she offer to apologize and replace the flag... brooklynite Aug 2020 #52

This is my position as well, and my daughter's screamed at me to no end for maintaining it. Beakybird Aug 2020 #53

So she doesn't want your help. So be it. Mariana Aug 2020 #59

She did wrong and she knows it, hence the defensiveness. Trump takes NO RESPONSIBILITY Maru Kitteh Aug 2020 #71

Your daughter screams at you because she doesn't like one of your political positions? Dial H For Hero Aug 2020 #76

just buy a flag, hard as it may be but daughters lesson learnt, you spent money re-electing trump Demonaut Aug 2020 #54

I have no idea where this Trumper lives, and it's well over an hour from my house. Beakybird Aug 2020 #56

I'm very sorry your daughter and wife put you in this position MustLoveBeagles Aug 2020 #63

This is when you really should talk to lawyer and not us. marble falls Aug 2020 #55

When did it become against the law to burn the flag? AmyStrange Aug 2020 #57

They get those things from the campaigns, and they are usually free of charge anyhow. Jamastiene Aug 2020 #66

Why on Earth did you call the cops then? Maru Kitteh Aug 2020 #72

Why do you assume the flag was free? SharonClark Aug 2020 #74

I looked it up. LisaL Aug 2020 #75

Stop talking to the cops, first. Jamastiene Aug 2020 #65

I am more concerned that your daughter felt it was ok marlakay Aug 2020 #68

Don't steal things from Private Property. Make a sign that says fuck trump JI7 Aug 2020 #69

You might have to buy a replacement flag yourself... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #70

Your flags in the mail... AmyStrange Aug 2020 #77