Woman arrested after taking down US flag, raising Mexican flag at Hart Park

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A woman was arrested Thursday morning for vandalism and resisting arrest after she allegedly took down a United States flag at Hart Park and raised the Mexican flag in its place, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s office released an edited video of a portion of the incident and arrest.

Officials said county park rangers were called to Hart Park for multiple reports of someone trying to steal the U.S. flag at the park entrance a little after 9:30 a.m.

The sheriff’s office video appears to show a person raising the flag of Mexico at the park entrance.

Rangers arrived and found a vehicle in grass next to the flagpole. Officials identified the woman as Crystal Aguilar, 24, and said she cut a chain that secured the flagpole and threw the flag onto the mud. She then raised the Mexican national flag in its place, according to a release.

Body-worn camera video shows the woman, identified as Aguilar, telling deputies, “You’re not going to tell me what to do, this is Mexican land, m—– f—–.”

Aguilar allegedly resisted rangers’ attempts to take her into custody and made threats against them.

The two-minute, 37-second video ends with a deputy untying a U.S. flag from a pole.

Aguilar was arrested and booked into the Lerdo jail on charges of trespassing, threatening a peace officer, resisting arrest and vandalism. Aguilar is due in court on Monday.