An Iowa City man apparently believes the old anti-communist slogan “better dead than red” applies to cars’ tail lights.

Police officers on Wednesday morning responded to reports of a naked man vandalizing cars.

When they arrived at the scene, they witnessed 42-year-old Sean Christopher Flaherty breaking tail lights with a glass bottle. Flaherty reeked of alcohol and had a blood-alcohol content of .083, according to police.

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He told told officers he was smashing the tail lights because “red means danger to the republic.” Flaherty broke the tail lights of three different cars, resulting $600 worth of damage.

Flaherty was charged with criminal mischief and public intoxication.

Watch video, courtesy of the Huffington Post, below:



