One of the men faces up to a year in prison for a disorderly conduct charge after trying to cover up the banner.
Two men left a Virginia Veterans Day ceremony with a citation and summons after they got into a disagreement over one of the men's"F--k Biden" sign.detained two men on Thursday, citing one of them with parking in a two-away zone and hitting the other with a summons for disorderly conduct. Both were allowed to leave on their own accord, although additional charges could be filed against one of them.
Ronald Hedlund, 60, arrived at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond, Virginia, shortly after a Veterans Day ceremony began. Hedlund drove his pickup truck over a sidewalk and parked in a banned area near the base of the memorial amphitheater, the Virginia Capitol Police toldOn the bed of his truck, Hedlund displayed a banner that said,"F--k Biden," in reference to President.
Two men were detained after getting into an argument about a"f--k Biden" sign was displayed at a Veterans Day ceremony in Richmond. Above, President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House on November 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.Hedlund's truck was"highly visible" to those attending the Veterans Day ceremony in Richmond and Capitol Police asked him to move.
"Capitol Police officers made every attempt to de-escalate the matter and allow the ceremony to conclude first without interruption," Colonel Anthony S. Pike, the agency's chief, said in a statement."We are very sensitive to a person's right to freely speak their mind, but when they will not work with our attempts to de-escalate matters, we are left with little choice."
Capitol Police remained with Hedlund until the end of the ceremony out of concern they would disrupt the ceremony if they took additional actions.
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