GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- An American flag emblazoned with a swastika was hung on an overpass near downtown Grand Rapids this week.

Police received a call just before 7 a.m. Monday, Aug. 14, that a man hung the flag on the I-196 overpass at Coit Avenue, Grand Rapids Police Lt. Terry Dixon said.

Police responded and removed the flag about 10 minutes later, Dixon said. Police searched the scene, but could not locate a suspect nearby.

It is illegal to hang literature from an overpass, Dixon said.