Traición y profanación de la bandera en Dakota del Norte

Explicación Simple

La traición es un delito muy grave en Dakota del Norte. También hay leyes que dicen que no puedes dañar o burlarte de la bandera de Estados Unidos.

Es como si tuvieras un trofeo muy importante en casa, y alguien lo rompiera a propósito. Eso no solo lastima el trofeo, sino que también muestra falta de respeto hacia lo que representa.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, durante una protesta, quema una bandera de Estados Unidos. La policía lo ve y lo arresta porque eso se considera un delito menor por profanar la bandera.

Penalidades

Violaciones a la profanación de la bandera son delitos menores de clase A o B, dependiendo de la infracción.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

CHAPTER 12.1-07 TREASON - FLAG DESECRATION 12.1-07-01. Treason. Treason as defined in section 17 of article I of the Constitution of North Dakota is a class A felony. 12.1-07-02. Desecration of the flag of the United States. 1. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if he knowingly casts contempt upon any flag of the United States by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling upon it. 2. The term "flag of the United States" as used in this section shall include any flag, standard, colors, or ensign, or any picture or representation of either, or of any part or parts of either, made of any substance or represented on any substance, of any size evidently purporting to be either of said flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America, or a picture or a representation of either, upon which shall be shown the colors, the stars and the stripes, in any number of either thereof, or of any part or parts of either, by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag, standard, colors, or ensign of the United States of America. 12.1-07-03. Carrying in parade or the display of certain flags, ensigns, banners, and standards prohibited. No flag of any nation, state, country, or territory other than the flag of the United States or a state flag, or the flag of a friendly foreign nation, or the dependencies of such nations, shall be: 1. Carried in parade on any public street or highway within this state. 2. Exhibited in any hall or public place. 3. Displayed or exhibited: a. On any vehicle. b. On any building or premises. c. In any other manner in public within the state. 12.1-07-04. Red or black flags prohibited. Repealed by S.L. 1981, ch. 155, § 2