Gregory Lee " Joey " Johnson ( born 1956 ) is a political activist affiliated with the Revolutionary Communist Party USA . His burning of the flag of the United States in a political demonstration during the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas , Texas , in violation of a Texas law prohibiting flag desecration , led to his role as defendant in the landmark United States Supreme Court case '' Texas v. Johnson '' ( 1989 )
1984 Republican National Convention
1984 Republican National Convention
Gregory Lee Johnson