Activist fined after burning Confederate-Nazi flag
LEWISBURG -- Activist Gene Stilp has burned a combined Confederate-Nazi flag in front of a number of courthouses in Pennsylvania without incident.
But after the Middle Paxton Township resident Tuesday staged one of his demonstrations outside the Union County Courthouse, he was handed a citation for violating Lewisburg's opening burning law.
It was the first time since he began his protests has he been fined, but Stilp said he was "happy to pay" it because he fully supports Lewisburg's ordinance. He called it a "citation of honor."
He was made aware in advance he would be violating the borough ordinance, Buffalo Valley Regional Police Chief Paul Yost said.
Stilp was cooperative and assisted in providing information for the citation before the flag was burned in a can on the South Second Street side of the courthouse, the chief said.
Following the demonstration attended by about 20 people, he went into the courthouse to the office of District Judge Leo Armbruster and paid the $100 fine plus $84 in costs.
Stilp was treated no differently than anyone else, Yost said. Not charging him could have set a precedent about opening burning in the borough that is home to Bucknell University, he said.
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Been to Union County so not surprised by the response. That said there wasn't any commotion so probably no harm no foul (but if I was the District Judge I would have thrown out the fine and court costs). Maybe someone more local knows more about the back setting and people involved.