RACINE, WI (WTAQ) – A Racine man has pleaded not guilty to pushing a woman, and forcing his way into her house to remove her Confederate flag from a window.
37-year-old Tajuan Boatner is charged with five misdemeanor counts of battery, theft, trespassing, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct.
Prosecutors say Boatner politely asked the woman to remove her Confederate flag from a kitchen window last Friday. She moved it to another window, and they started arguing.
Authorities said the woman called Boatner a racial slur, and he pushed her down and walked in her house to remove the flag. Police said he later argued with the officers, and tried to avoid being handcuffed.
Boatner is due back in Racine County Circuit Court September 10th for a pre-trial conference.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
