Woman Arrested After Taking Down US Flag, Raising Mexican Flag at Hart Park

A woman was arrested Thursday morning for vandalism and resisting arrest after she allegedly took down a United States flag at Hart Park and raised the Mexican flag in its place, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office.

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{snip} Officials identified the woman as Crystal Aguilar, 24, and said she cut a chain that secured the flagpole and threw the flag onto the mud. She then raised the Mexican national flag in its place, according to a release.

Body-worn camera video shows the woman, identified as Aguilar, telling deputies, “You’re not going to tell me what to do, this is Mexican land, m—– f—–.”

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