Authorities in East Providence found the man with a 6-inch knife and a Nazi flag when he was arrested, officials said.

The East Providence Police Department said a Lincoln man was arrested outside the city’s Cape Verde Independence Day ceremony after he allegedly threw a Cape Verde flag on the ground and stomped on it Wednesday.

The Lincoln man accused of stomping on the Cape Verdean flag while a ceremony was being held at East Providence City Hall earlier this week faced a judge Thursday.