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Fired for defending Old Glory?

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    Custodian claims US flag was disrespected

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If you saw an American flag being crumpled up and mistreated at your work would you risk your career to defend.

That's a story of our next guest -- there's a Ky is was a school custodians in South Dakota.

Get so fed up with another janitor who wanted up the flag disrespecting the flag.

If you could see right there -- he posted this picture on FaceBook connect picture and several complaints to the superintendent of his county school district.

He says got him fired -- joining -- right now with his story he is she's the kind morning -- you.

Good morning so you are a disabled veteran you've been working at this job as a janitor for about sixty days.

And you notice that one of your fellow generators.

Would do what to the flag at the end of the day.

Should take the flag down and there's forces have at least two people take it down bomb load up in terms go into the boiler room.

Roll roll the South Dakota flag and United States flag up and a bundle and throw it throw on top of the boiler.

-- did that from the very first day.

And then -- really -- on the view as it bothers a lot of people and so eventually.

-- -- showed her how to do it the right way right.

Well yeah I did very first day -- -- shoulder on the fold the flag and she told me that she's not gonna do that that was too much of a bother.

All right so I got so that he wanted to -- Exactly you got angry and then it was you've been working -- you'd seen inferred for two months.

And finally give you took -- your camera and you took a picture and you posted that to FaceBook.

And then it really hit the fan didn't Cesar.

Well look -- I took the picture originally from the video part of that was the first day and I took that to my boss and showed him and then.

Friday last Friday I took another pitcher when she did it again.

To -- just fed up with that but I think it's because of a Super Bowl Sunday weekend -- got a little bit more attention sure.

We got a lot more attention now that's you know -- and Monday the superintendent called Julian and said what to.

He told me that I and overstep my bounds as an employee.

That I was on probation for work which I understood.

And that dying I it embarrassed him because he you know he got caught not doing his job.

-- he had been promised to me for two months to write I think I think of that part of it is is he's retiring in three months he was just trying to.

Sweep it under the rug.

Well we get a statement from the Stanley county school district there in South Dakota and it says of the result of our investigation did not reflect the mishandling of the flags we question the circumstances.

And if the pictures circulating are an accurate reflection of how the flags restored.

According to Sara Carter school board president Cesar it sounds like they're calling you a liar.

Oh yeah that's that's that's part of the reason I get an attorney and I didn't hire one he's doing it for.

For pro Bono just now he's a fellow vet like -- in the reservists so that's the only came to me in asked me if I needed help.

The the one thing I have to say about the school board is that -- I don't have a crystal ball hard today.

Take these pictures.

Two -- 12 months before I got me fired and the -- went three days before I got fired well don't.

Did you know it it's heartbreaking to a lot of people watch right now because you are disabled vet and you were just trying to do the right right thing and -- -- you get fired.

'cause she's is a -- Good luck to you to keep us posted on what happens and if the school board changes their mind and hundreds -- back thank you sir.

-- thank you it's.

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