College tears down flags supporting first responders

Trinity College removed flags supporting first responders, including an American flag with green, blue, and red stripes, and a “Don’t Tread On Me” flag and an American flag. Roommates Luca Turco and Finn McCole noticed two women had suddenly appeared outside their dorm with a ladder and started tearing down the roommates’ “Don’t Tread on Me” and American flag-supporting first responders that were hung outside their windows.

Video posted by Libs of Tik Tok shows staff member Veronica Hills climbing a ladder and ripping the flags off the outside of Turco and McCole’s dorm at the college in Connecticut’s capital.

When the roommates asked why she was taking the flags down, Hill said the Dean’s office ordered their removal, and stated, “You are directed to take it down.”

McCole noted, “The two women basically showed up at our door and said, ‘we have official orders by the dean to remove [the flags].’ So we asked for clarification. We said, what’s the rule? … there’s flags all over campus.” Hill was angry the students were recording her, exclaiming, “Put your phone away.”