A screenshot of a facebook post from an account called HTX News showing a decorated USMC veteran (Aboyte) at the Houston No Kings 3 protest outside city hall on March 28th 2026 being hassled and cited by an HPD officer for carrying a U.S. flag in distress coupled with a OnePiece pirate flag because HPD believed the size of the stick did not conform to the municipal code. He is surrounded by a crowd of protesters. The account asks readers should veterans exercise their first amendment right to peacefully gather while in full uniform?
#HPD and #HTXNews, you are a fucking DISGRACE. Of course a decorated USMC veteran has EVERY right to exercise free speech. MY. FUCKIN. WORDT. This veteran attendee was so helpful in deescalating two different tense situations, but all HPD saw was a problem with a pole. Whew! #HoustonPoliceDepartment
