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Gregory Lee "Joey" Johnson (born 1956) is an American political activist, known for his advocacy of flag desecration. [1] [2] His burning of the flag of the United States in a political demonstration during the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas, led to his role as defendant in the landmark United States Supreme Court case Texas v.
Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that burning the Flag of the United States was protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as doing so counts as symbolic speech and political speech.
In Washington, D.C., Gregory Lee Johnson, the defendant in Texas v. Johnson, staged a protest together with three companions – artists Dread Scott and Shawn Eichman and Vietnam veteran David Blalock – by burning flags on the steps of the United States Capitol building before a crowd of reporters and photographers. [7]
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Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., said he'd be among the Democratic votes for Johnson. “This is a comedy routine, the idea that they’re trying to kick the speaker out for trying to keep the government ...
Witnesses told Sheriff’s Office investigators that Alton Antonio Wall, 59, of Hillsborough, shot Gregory Lee, 62, of Durham, just before 10:30 p.m. Friday during an argument at a home on the ...
Gregory Lee Johnson (born July 18, 1945) [1] was the American Ambassador to Swaziland [2] from 1999 until 2001. Johnson was also Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Osaka-Kobe, Japan from 1989 until 1992 [ 1 ] and Consul General in Toronto from 1996 until 1999.
Dozens of protesters were peacefully arrested including, Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade member Gregory Lee Johnson, who burned a U.S. flag, which had been stolen from a flagpole in front of a downtown building. Johnson was charged with Desecration of Venerated Object, a misdemeanor violation of the Texas Penal Code. He was later ...