tramp/trample

[Victor Steinbok]

I suppose, it could have been a transcription error.

http://goo.gl/Si8XY
> Boston resident Matt Hollander, 25, said a group of veterans carrying
> American flags were standing in between police and the protesters when
> officers advanced on them. One veteran, he said, was pushed to the
> ground and a group of protesters fell in a heap.
> "If they wanted to arrest us they could have done that without pushing
> us…without _tramping_the_flag_," Hollander said.

VS-)

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