article_snippet.sent: In response, Manhart says an American flag belongs to 'the entire United States'.
article_snippet.sent: I was just going over there to pick up an American flag off the ground.
article_snippet.sent: But to walk on an American flag is walking on our symbol of freedom.
article_snippet.sent: Dr William McKinney said: 'The American flag represents everything that is best about our country.
article_snippet.sent: As the Supreme Court has held, one of those things is the right to free speech, which includes the right to disrespect even the symbol of our country. '