BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Park Rangers arrested a woman after allegedly cutting the chain to a flagpole and replacing the American flag with the Mexican flag at Hart Park Thursday morning. The arrest comes as Eyewitness News interviewed her for protesting in front of City Hall a week prior.
At around 9:36 a.m., Park Rangers responded to Hart Park after they received multiple reports of a person trying to steal the American flag from the park’s entrance, said Kern County deputies.
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In body-worn camera footage shared by the sheriff’s department, Park Rangers found a vehicle stuck in the muddy grass next to the flagpole when they arrived.
Rangers found that Crystal Aguilar, 24, had allegedly cut the chain that held the flagpole, removed the American flag, and before raising the Mexican flag…