Images of the home with the flag flying circulated on social media on Friday and were met with a chorus of outrage, prompting a statement by the city condemning the display.
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. – Residents in a Michigan historic immigrant community and some city officials there have, in an area lauded for its diversity and inclusion.
City officials said the flag has since been taken down on the homeowner's own accord, as the city could not intervene because it was on private property. Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib told the Free Press, part of the USA TODAY Network, the homeowner's decision to publicly fly a Nazi flag does not reflect the city's values of peace, tolerance and love. Theto be a Nazi war flag, called a Reichskriegsflagge , that features a swastika in a white circle, black horizontal and vertical stripes and a cross in the upper left corner.
At the center of the controversy is an age-old debate about where the line between freedom of speech and tolerance for discrimination lies, but Ghalib said the line is clear:"Freedom of speech ends when you start hurting people."
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