Air Force veteran who posed for Playboy is tackled by cops and arrested for taki

[Ptarmigan]

Air Force veteran who posed for Playboy is tackled by cops and arrested for taking on protesters who were trampling on US flag
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3045392/Air-Force-veteran-former-Playboy-model-arrested-taking-American-flag-campus-protesters-trampling-it.html#v-4182049066001

An Air Force veteran and former Playboy model was arrested for taking an American flag from campus protesters who were trampling on it.

Michelle Manhart, 38, was handcuffed by police at Valdosta State University, Georgia, and driven off in a patrol car after grabbing the Stars and Stripes and refusing to return it to the student demonstrators.

Video footage of the event, on Friday, shows Manhart struggling with officers, who force her to the ground after she refuses to let the flag go.

It took four cops to arrest Michelle Manhart. The people stepping on the flag did not say why they did it.

'I was just going over there to pick up the flag off the ground. I don’t know what their cause is, but I went to pick it up because it doesn’t deserve to be on the ground.'

She continued: 'If your cause is racism then find some white people and walk on them.

'But to walk on the flag is walking on our symbol of freedom. You have the freedom to do what you are doing because of it. I’m not fighting against them. I’m fighting against the way they are going about it.'

It is not clear what the demonstrators were rallying against. They did not answer reporters' questions about what their cause was.

Getting really sick of the left on campus. They are no better than terrorists.

[thundley4]

What is the purpose of protesting when you won't even say what you are protesting?

Watching a video of the event I saw elsewhere, I'm pretty sure they were protesting against cops shooting black criminals. That would explain why they might not want to betray their cause when the cops are around. 

[Ptarmigan]

Huge rally held in support of veteran who prevented flag-walking protest
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/04/25/georgia-university-cancels-classes-in-flap-over-flag-protest/?intcmp=latestnews

Protesters at a south Georgia college waved American flags Friday in support of a military veteran issued a criminal trespass warning in a flag flap last week.

Valdosta State University found itself mired in controversy when Air Force veteran Michelle Manhart took an American flag away from a group of student protesters trampling on it. The university fueled the furor when it sided with the students, saying they had a constitutional right to trample the flag in a protest over racism.

Manhart was among the participants in the 90-minute afternoon rally, which took place after Valdosta canceled classes.

The possibility of large numbers of people rallying on the outskirts of campus prompted the university to give students and staff the day off.

Valdosta State University has given students and staff the day off from supporters of Michelle Manhart. The left cannot handle when they are disagreed upon.