New York Daily News

Stars & Bars jerk rocked

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A RABBLE-ROUSER is raising the ire of East Village residents with a rebel flag.

Angry neighbors tossed rocks and hurled insults Wednesday at the windows of an E. Eighth St. apartment where a pair of Confederat­e flags were draped, backlit by bright lights.

Cops blocked off the area outside the building around 11 p.m. and were trying to talk to the tenant, according to Mike Schweinsbe­rg, the ABCD block associatio­n president.

“We don’t want a riot here,” Schweinsbe­rg said.

A video obtained by the Daily News shows a man lobbing rocks at the sixth-floor windows of the building, on the corner of Avenue D, earlier in the day.

The NYPD said no arrests were made at the address.

The Confederat­e flags, joined by Israeli and American flags, have been hanging in the windows for more than a year, but recent violence in Virginia has brought new meaning to the symbols, neighbors said.

“It’s disrespect­ful, it’s disrespect­ing the whole neighborho­od,” said Mary C., 51. “It’s not about hating him or trying to hurt him . . . but we need to sit him down and let him know in this neighborho­od it’s not a good idea.”

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