Gavin Carpenter was behind the upside down US flag at the Yosemite National Park
As part of a protest against the acts of Elon Musk’s DOGE in the federal government, Yosemite National Park employee Gavin Carpenter acknowledged to a local news outlet that he was behind the American flag that was hung upside down at the park.
Who is Gavin Carpenter, Yosemite National Park, California technician who hung upside down USA flag in protest of Elon Musk’s DOGE and what is his criminal record
Due to his supposed criminal past, Gavin Carpenter, who was featured in an article by the San Francisco Chronicle, has gone viral online. According to a number of social media posts, Carpenter, a technician at Yosemite National Park in Mariposa County, California, has a criminal record that includes at least five recorded bookings. On social media, screenshots of his arrest records are also being shared.
Gavin Carpenter was arrested several times in Virginia between 2003 and 2006, according to arrest records that are making rounds on social media. Among the allegations are traffic-related infractions including speeding, operating an uninspected car, reckless driving, and expired registration.
Fire the Yosemite N.P. maintenance mechanic, Gavin 🤡 Carpenter for this gross disrespect of President Trumps EO asap! @POTUS @NatlParkService @YosemiteNPS #Enough pic.twitter.com/FnznRQLSWA
— Pat Mac 🪂🇺🇸⚓️ (@GoldPride43) February 26, 2025
More serious crimes including trespassing, public intoxication and profanity, and assault and violence are also included in the records. Additionally, some users assert that Carpenter donates to the Democratic Party.
Who is Gavin Carpenter?
At Yosemite National Park in Los Angeles, Gavin Carpenter works as a maintenance mechanic. He participated in a recent demonstration against the federal government’s job cuts being carried out by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency at the park. In a San Francisco Chronicle investigation, Carpenter acknowledged that he provided the upside American flag.
“We’re bringing attention to what’s happening to the parks, which are every American’s property,” Carpenter was quoted saying in the report. “It’s super important we take care of them, and we’re losing people here, and it’s not sustainable if we want to keep the parks open.”
Why do Republicans insist on annoying the Common Sense Independents who support them?
I got a bunch of nasty comments for pointing out most of the charges in this "Long Rap Sheet" by the Yosemite upside down flag employee, Gavin Carpenter, are not that serious.
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— Kristi L. Talmadge (@KristiTalmadge) March 2, 2025
Yosemite National Park flag incident
Yosemite National Park hosts the spectacular “firefall” event every February, but this year’s visitors were treated to a new sight: an upside-down American flag hoisted atop a summit in protest of the Trump administration’s reductions in national park service staff.
On Saturday night, a group of disgruntled Yosemite employees draped the flag atop the renowned El Capitan peak, a 3,000-foot vertical rock structure in Mariposa County, California.
According to the US Flag Code, an upside-down American flag is customarily used to indicate “dire distress.”
Reports indicate that Gavin Carpenter, a maintenance mechanic at Yosemite National Park who is believed to be a Democrat donor, was involved in supplying and hanging the flag on El Capitan as a protest against federal job cuts.
First Amendment free-speech legal protest?
No definitive evidence in the provided references specifies whether the act occurred during the employee’s official work hours. Reports indicate that Gavin Carpenter, a maintenance mechanic at Yosemite National Park, was involved in… https://t.co/4DGQ8QtW2U
— Gone (@Gone1492) March 2, 2025