Footage Captures FedEx Driver Rescuing Flags From Protesters

You know, few of us are qualified to make legal arguments as to what's free speech and what isn't. That's why we have the courts. But you don't need an intimate knowledge of the law to know the difference between right and wrong. Certainly we have the right to protest, that's America for you.

But for the life of me, I'll never understand flag-burning as a protest. You can protest the government, but the government is ultimately such a small thing. A country – and the flag it represents – is much bigger than a government. Governments come and go all the time, but the Stars and Stripes are forever.

Tempers weren't the only things flaring at a protest in Iowa City as protesters tried to set some flags alight. That's when FedEx driver Matt Uhrin stepped in.

The group had apparently gathered to protest racial and social injustice, and heated words were exchanged with some of the locals before they took out their lighters. 

Matt was having none of it and pushed his way into the group of protesters with a fire extinguisher, determined to stop them. "It really hurts when you see [the flag] disgraced," Matt later told local news.

Although at first some thought he might lose his job for confiscating the flags, FedEx later stood by their employee. Two of the protesters, on the other hand, were cited by police for open burning. 

Many are hailing Matt as a hero for his actions, but he doesn't seem himself that way. "The ones that are really the heroes are the ones that were injured, maimed, killed, the ones that never got to see home again. They're the heroes," he said.

Check out the scene in the video below!

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