Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

July 17, 2009

Vito Congine of Crivitz, Wisconsin invested hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy and develop a building for use as an Italian restaurant. In June his application for a business license was turned down by the Village Board, which said that it would ?create too much competition for other existing businesses.?

With his family confronting bankruptcy, Congine protested the Board?s decision by flying an American flag upside-down on his property. On the Fourth of July, a group of angry people complained to the police about Congine?s flag.

Despite the fact that no law or ordinance prohibited the display, and without a warrant or probable cause, the police trespassed on Congine?s property and seized the flag. The Village Board issued a statement commending the lawless actions of the police.

Had the Crivitz police carried out their duty to protect persons and property, they would have protected Congine from potential mob violence, rather than carrying out the mob?s desires.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.