Question for DU: If flag burning is "protected speech", isn't book burning also protected?

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9. He wasn't arrested for BURNING the Qurans

Jones was arrested for "unlawful conveyance of fuel" and for "unlawful open-carry of a firearm".

Mulberry residents had already made their displeasure with his planned activities known. He had been denied a permit to have his demonstration of intolerance in a public park but had announced that he planned to do it with the required permit.

While I usually don't agree with Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, on this case I think he did a good job. He avoided first amendment issues but stopped Jones' offensive behavior.

From the OP linked article:

Sheriff Judd stated:

“He then told our detectives that he was going to come to the park without a permit and that he was going to burn the Qurans on the park property. We explained clearly to him that that was a violation of law. [...]We clearly told him, if you come to Polk County and violate the law, you will go to jail and that’s the way it is.”