Thousands expected for Friday rally in response to flag-stomping protest.
Valdosta State University canceled classes Friday ahead of a planned pro-America rally launched in response to an anti-racism flag-stomping incident last week that led to a veteran being banned from campus and a protestor fleeing after a gun was found.
The university expects as many as 4,000 “Flags Over VSU” ralliers Friday after a protest involving students stomping on the American flag inspired a patriotic counter-movement.
A video (above) of the protest showed Air Force veteran, Michelle Manhart, taking an American flag away from the racism demonstrators and being detained by police when she refused to give it back. Manhart, not a VSU student, was banned from the campus.
Tuesday, campus police found a gun in a backpack belonging to Eric Sheppard, one of the three American flag protestors. When police issued a warrant for Sheppard’s arrest, he fled and has not yet been found by authorities.
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