Martinez was a “regular patron” of the bar-where he had been kicked out, after causing a disturbance-in front of which he burned the flag: Martinez is not a pleasant character, to hear Cmdr. That was the whole extent of the crime.Īggravating circumstances made it worse than just that. By his own admission, as you can see in a video, Martinez tore down the flag from the church, took it in front of a local dive, and burned it.