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 The Daily News today writes about a worker at the Criminal Justice Center ordered to take down his pirate and American flags from his desk.
Here’s where it gets fun:
For months, that flag and another one that Silvestro had taped to his computer - a black “pirate” flag with skull and crossbones - greeted a steady stream of folks, mostly lawyers, who lined up daily at the front counter of the court’s Active Criminal Records department to file motions that Silvestro processed.
No one complained about the flags, Silvestro said. Then on Sept. 23, Silvestro got an e-mail from his supervisor: “Keith has advised me as your supervisor, that the flags must come down. They are not appropriate for the workplace,” the e-mail said.
The “Keith” mentioned in the e-mail was Keith Smith, the new director of Active Criminal Records.
Silvestro, 34, said he could understand why Smith didn’t want him to display a pirate flag - a symbol of thievery on the high seas - in a criminal courthouse. The flag was a gift from a co-worker who had bought it while on vacation and knew that Silvestro liked pirate stories and had served in the Navy, Silvestro said.
Doesn’t the Active Criminal Records department know how “in” pirates are with the kiddies nowadays?! Geeze, this is just silly. How dare government workers be barred from putting up pirate flags in their office!
His boss flags Old Glory [Daily News]
Photoshop with apologies to Jessica Griffin.
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