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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nAccording to the Valdosta Daily Times<\/a> Michelle Manhart<\/a>, an Air force veteran, got a call from a friend about a group of protesters at Valdosta State University <\/a>who were protesting something or other by walking on a flag, so Manhart went over there and took the flag away from them, you know taking advantage of her right to freedom of speech, like the protesters were doing. But, she was taken into police custody for her protest;<\/p>\n \u201cI was just going over there to pick up the flag off the ground. I don\u2019t know what their cause is, but I went to pick it up because it doesn\u2019t deserve to be on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n Manhart said she was taken into custody by VSU police officers who then returned the flag to the demonstrators. She admitted to The Valdosta Daily Times that she resisted arrest after seeing the flag being returned.<\/p>\n The group reportedly declined to press charges against Manhart. The officers attempting to detain her also declined to press charges for resisting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The protesters declined to identify their group or what they were actually protesting with the Valdosta Daily Times reporter. Manhart didn’t know what they were protesting, either, she only opposed the way they were protesting.<\/p>\n \u201cIf your cause is racism then find some white people and walk on them,\u201d said Manhart. \u201cBut 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\u2019m not fighting against them. I\u2019m fighting against the way they are going about it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Manhart was issued a criminal trespass warning “which effectively bans her from any university activity, including graduation and football games”. So, see, there is an upside to it all.<\/p>\n