Michelle Malkin: "This is not an act of free speech. This is a crime."

Michelle Malkin: "This is not an act of free speech. This is a crime.":

"Vandals burned dozens of small American flags that decorated veterans' graves
for Memorial Day and replaced many of them with hand-drawn swastikas,
authorities said Monday. Forty-six flag standards were found empty and another
33 flags were in charred tatters Sunday in the cemetery, authorities said.
Swastikas drawn on paper appeared where 14 of the flags had been....
'This
is not an act of free speech. This is a crime,' Sheriff Bill Cumming said in a
statement released Monday afternoon."

Not only is it a crime, but it is a hate crime and should be treated as such.