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Wis. Stat. § 947.07

Causing violence or breach of the peace by damaging or destroying a U.S. flag

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Moran (2005)

Most recently applied in State v. Jeffrey C. Denny (February 2017)

2003 a. 243.

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(1) In this section, “flag” means a flag of the United States consisting of horizontal stripes, alternately colored red and white, and a union of any number of white stars on a blue field.

(2) Whoever destroys, damages, or mutilates a flag, or causes a flag to come into contact with urine, feces, or expectoration, with the intent to cause imminent violence or a breach of the peace under circumstances in which the actor knows that his or her conduct is likely to cause violence or a breach of the peace is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.