St. Cloud Somali Leader Apologizes After Flag Flown Upside Down

Upside-down American flag at Minnesota Somali celebration sparks community chaos: 'Unfathomable' – Democratic Accent

FIRST ON FOX: More details are emerging after an American flag was displayed upside down at a Somali Independence Day event in Minnesota, sparking both outrage and apologies in a situation that has gone viral on social media in recent days. The St. Cloud Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital that on July 3 at 5:29 p.m., the department received a call that the U.S. flag was being flown upside down on a city flagpole at the Lake George P…

Upside-down American flag at Minnesota Somali celebration sparks community chaos: 'Unfathomable'

An upside-down American flag at a Somali Independence Day event in St. Cloud, Minn., sparked outrage. Organizers say the display was unintentional.

St. Cloud Somali leader apologizes after flag flown upside down

ST. CLOUD — A St. Cloud Somali community leader apologized Thursday, July 9, after an American flag was mistakenly flown upside down for "15 minutes or so" during a Somali Independence Day celebration on Friday, July 3, at Lake George, drawing complaints to police and criticism from a St. Cloud City Council member days later. Omar Podi, executive director of Internal Housing Assistance, said in a written statement to St. Cloud LIVE that he was r…

Upside-down American flag flies at Minnesota Somali Independence Day celebration

An upside-down American flag isn’t a sight most Americans expect to see over the Fourth of July weekend. Yet that’s exactly what happened at a Somali Independence Day celebration in St. Cloud on July 3, where an upside-down American flag flew alongside the Somali flag, drawing condemnation online and a blistering rebuke from a city...

'It's sickening': Upside-down American flag flies at St. Cloud Somali Independence Day celebration

Share This StoryAn upside-down American flag isn’t a sight most Americans expect to see over the Fourth of July weekend. Yet that’s exactly what happened at a Somali Independence Day celebration in St. Cloud on July 3, where an upside-down American flag flew alongside the Somali flag, drawing condemnation online and a blistering rebuke from a city council member who called the display a “disgusting show of disrespect” toward the United States. V…