The guy has admitted to enough to convict him of vandalism, and the photographic evidence of the president desecrating flags (by clearly violating the flag rules), kind of weakens the "I was only enforcing the law" defense.

So I think he should be convicted of vandalism, and one could make the argument that this was a hate crime, as he seemed to exhibit animosity towards Mexican-Americans.

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