Air Force Vet Arrested For Taking Flag From Protestors, May Be A Hypocrite
A female Air Force veteran who is also a hot model is not a person you come across every day. She may have the looks to model, but she isn’t scared of kicking your ass if need be. Michelle Manhart got into a bit of a scuffle with protesters and police on the campus of Valdosta State University this past Friday. By the end of it all, she found herself cuffed in the back of a Valdosta State University police Charger.
The incident was caught on video — in very shitty quality — and posted online yesterday.
According to Michelle, she was was aware of the group’s recent protests and made her way to campus after a student informed her that they were desecrating the flag. When the police attempted to return the flag to the protestors, all hell broke loose.
From Valdosta Daily Times:
“I did not want anything like this, but I got a call from a student who told me that the flag was on the ground, and they were walking on it,” said Manhart. “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.”
As seen in the video, Michelle put up a helluva fight to keep the flag from ending up back in the hands of the scum who chose to walk across it. While no video exists of the actual protestors walking on the flag, a photo was posted online that appears to show one of the men in the video walking across a flag.
@FoxNews FB video tells the story. Veteran arrested by #VSU trying to rescue flag #michellemanhart pic.twitter.com/yLTN4QNeP4
— Ursula (@uahollem) April 18, 2015
What an asshat. The group chose not to be identified or to state their cause — it is believed to be something related to racial issues. The only clue they gave was a statement overheard by a reporter.
One member of the group who declined to speak with The Valdosta Daily Times or identify himself told a VSU student that putting the American flag on the ground and walking on it was “a symbol of our protest. When a slave understands his situation and understands he doesn’t want to be in slavery, he does not respect or revere anything his slavemaster has put in front of him.”
The protestors and police elected not to press charges against Michelle, and she was free to leave after receiving a ban from the VSU campus.
While this story seems great at first, a photo has been appearing on social media that seems to show Michelle may be a hypocrite. The photo is allegedly from one of Michelle’s “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” nude photo shoots for an old PETA ad campaign.
I went to pick it up because it doesn’t deserve to be on the ground.” #MichelleManhart #ValdostaState pic.twitter.com/9fQiwnzI9y
— Fabian (@elchufa75) April 19, 2015
Interesting, right?
I have been unable to 100 percent confirm the photo is of Manhart, yet the tattoos match those seen in a video she filmed for PETA in conjunction with the photo campaign. Either way, it adds yet another interesting dynamic to the story.
Patriotism, boobs, and hypocrisy. Damn, I’m torn..
[via Valdosta Daily Times, NY Daily News]
Image via YouTube
if i were her i would have pulled a randy marsh move and yell, ” I thought this was America!”
11 years ago at 1:37 pmSweet
11 years ago at 1:46 pmThis shit pisses me off to no extent. If you don’t love the fuck out of this country, then buy a one way ticket out of here and let us be. And go fuck yourself while you’re at it.
11 years ago at 1:56 pm*pisses you off to no end.
11 years ago at 7:05 am“To no extent” means “not at all.”
But props to the correct usage of “you’re”
11 years ago at 1:48 pmI would never send my children, grandchildren etc. ever to this institution. It’s no wonder why so many students transfer out of this school.
11 years ago at 2:02 pmIf you have a problem with America, and are so offended by the flag, how about getting yourself a one-way ticket to Liberia and leaving for good?
11 years ago at 2:18 pmI would do the same thing, so good for her in defending the Flag, but I’m curious about the ‘a student called me and told me’ part. Is Manhart a student at VSU? Does she live nearby? Was this a spontaneous act of patriotism, or was this a pre-planned protest on her part to get into the news cycle?
11 years ago at 2:22 pmBogey, you beat Breitbart News, the Drudge Report, and The Blaze to the
PETA hypocrite angle. Good job.
#hardcore journalist
People think using the flag as “clothing” is okay, which is wrong (see 4th bullet under “Code” Section) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code
That said it’s far less egregious than blatantly walking on the flag…. So nice work Michelle.
But let’s be honest, the hot piece wants an extra 15minutes most likely. I volunteer to give her the first 2 minutes.
11 years ago at 2:31 pmHad to stop watching 2 minutes in because I couldn’t handle the ignorance coming out of the protestors’ mouths.
11 years ago at 2:55 pmMr. King would not approve of this form of “protesting”.
11 years ago at 3:17 pmEven Mr. King would not approve of this.
11 years ago at 3:18 pmIT’S THE SOLDIER
It’s the soldier, not the reporter
who has given us freedom of the press.
It’s the soldier, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
It’s the soldier, not the campus organizer,
who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It’s the soldier, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It’s the soldier who salutes the flag, serves under the flag and
11 years ago at 3:38 pmwhose coffin is draped by the flag,
who gives the protestor the right to burn the flag.