American Flags & Campus Controversy

The American Flag has been used to protest the treatment of Black Americans at Valdosta State University and Wright State University, as this article refers to students who are stepping on the flag to demonstrate their frustration. According to the article "Desecrating an American flag has officially been considered protected speech since 1989, when the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the First Amendment protects symbolic political expression, including burning the American flag. That hasn’t stopped critics on social media and in the conservative press from calling for the students to be punished -- or worse."

What does everyone think about the students' actions? Should colleges and universities be able to better monitor/manage the manner in which their students protest?