“These types of actions are very disturbing and they will not be accepted in any way,” she said. NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)- A man has been arrested for allegedly burning a gay pride flag outside a Harlem bar.
Members of the Huntsville community have spoken out against the flag burning, including Mayor Karin Terziano who called the act violent and devastating. Burning the rainbow flag means that you hate the LGBTQXYZ (trying to be inclusive here) community. The best reason that I have heard, Max answered before me. Could have been any flag Unless said stolen church flag was a U.S. Answer (1 of 7): There are many reasons for this, none of them make especially good sense. because it was Church property that was stolen and burned, it is a hate crime. Trillium Lakelands District School Board said it is working with police to investigate the "hate-motivated vandalism." you can burn YOUR OWN flag, but you cannot burn somebody elses. They were later arrested but in lieu of laying charges, the teens were referred to a pre-charge diversion program. Less than two weeks before the flag was burned in Huntsville, Peel police said two 16-year-old boys in Mississauga also burned a Pride flag and posted it to social media. “If evidence found during the investigation supports that the mischief was motivated by hate, this would be an aggravating factor at sentencing,” he said. The burning of stolen property is considered mischief. “It’s a mischief investigation,” he explained.ĭetermining whether the incident will be considered a hate crime is part of the investigation, Handsor said.
Jeff Handsor of Huntsville OPP said of the incident in which a group of youth burned the LGBTQ2S flag and posted it to social media on June 22, during Pride month. The burning of a Progress Pride flag stolen from a Huntsville school last month is still under investigation, police said.