Posted on 12/12/24
| News Source: FOX45
Baltimore, MD - Dec. 12, 2024 - Outside his Falls Road office, Dr John Parkerson examines the few threads that are still dangling from a bent flagpole.
"There's no reason to hate and steal to be mad at me," Parkerson said.
Just before sunrise Monday morning, surveillance video shows a thief ripping the Israeli flag off the front of his porch.
All other flags remained untouched.
"He knew he was doing something wrong, it was deliberate and angry," Parkerson said.
He began flying the Israeli flag 15 months ago as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict began to escalate.
During that time, the Israeli flag has been stolen five separate times.
"I'm not out to get anybody or say the other side is wrong. I support Israel and have a right to my opinion.," Parkerson said.
Surveillance video suggests the same thief is responsible for most of the thefts.
While police search for the vandal, Parkerson prepares to fly a new Israeli flag.
"If good people remain silent, evil wins. So I plan to put the flag back up and see what happens," Parkerson said.