Lawyer: Fire was a 'prank'
Attorney for three students says burning of flag was not politically motivated
Three Yale students arrested for burning an American flag attached to a house were not politically motivated, their lawyer said Thursday.
The attorney, William Dow, said that Hyder Akbar ’07 takes full responsibility for lighting the flag on fire early Tuesday morning. Nikolaos Angelopoulos ’10 and Farhad Anklesaria ’10, who were with Akbar at the time, were not involved in the “prank,” Dow said. All three were charged with multiple counts of second-degree arson, first-degree reckless endangerment, third-degree criminal mischief and second-degree breach of peace at an arraignment...
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