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Urbana Man Files Lawsuit Over Flag-Burning Arrest

Attorney Rebecca Glenberg, left, with the ACLU, and Bryton Mellott, center, of Urbana, listen to Ed Yohnka, right, director of communications with the ACLU, during a news conference Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 in Champaign. Mellott who was arrested after posting pictures of himself burning an American flag in 2016, is suing in federal court to have the Illinois’ flag desecration law declared …