Gay flag on fire
Video released of Midtown Pride flag vandalism, some teens identified
Pride flags vandalized in Midtown Atlanta
Atlanta Police say the city’s LGBTQ+ community may have been targeted overnight, Within the last few hours, investigators just released surveillance video and a 911 ring from just after a group of Georgia teens allegedly vandalized pride flags in Midtown Atlanta. Police say four teens have been arrested but they’re still looking for two more.
ATLANTA - Atlanta police declare they may be charging a organization of teenagers accused of vandalizing multiple Pride flags in Midtown with a hate crime.
Authorities state the vandalism happened at around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday at Blake's On the Park on 10th Street near Piedmont Avenue during the last week of Pride Month.
What we know:
Authorities say the flags were hanging by the front of the lock near the city's Rainbow Crosswalks before the group of juveniles damaged them.
According to investigators, the group took photos and videos of themselves cutting the flags up with a knife. Officials tell FOX 5 that the community left the scene on scooters after police responded to reports of a disturbance. Four of the six wer
Is the burning of the Identity festival flag a hate crime?
By Mark Walters, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Sussex.
Pride month is a celebration of all things LGBTQ+. Yet recently it has become a source of division, both between LGBTQ+ communities and wider society, as well as between subgroups within the group itself. Of particular contention has been the use of a new(ish) “Progress Pride flag”, created in 2018 by US creator and designer Daniel Quasar. The Pride flag incorporates additional colours that represent minority ethnic team members, as well as those identifying as trans and neutrois, while some versions of the flag also include the symbol for intersex. For many, the flag is an important visibility of the struggles experienced and achievements gained by a section of society that has been historically persecuted and which continues to experience discrimination as skillfully as increasing numbers of dislike crimes. Despite this, there has been some recent public debate over whether a
Fifteen years in Iowa jail for burning pride flag
He was arrested later that day, and told local media in a jail residence interview that he was "guilty as charged".
"It was an honour to carry out that. It's a blessing from the Lord," he said, explaining that he did it because he "opposed homosexuality".
"I burned down their pride, plain and simple," he told KCCI-TV. The interview was entered into the trial as evidence against him.
Church pastor Eileen Gebbie, who identifies as gay woman, says she agrees that Martinez' actions were motivated by hatred.
"I often experienced Ames as not entity as progressive as many people trust it is, and there still is a very immense closeted queer people here," she told the Des Moines Register when he was convicted in November.
"But 12 people that I don't know, who possess no investment in me or this congregation, said this man committed a crime, and it was a crime borne of bigotry and hatred."
Story County Attorney Jessica Reynolds said Martinez was the first person in the county's history to be convicted of a hate crime.
"The difficult reality is there are people who
The start of this year's Pride Month has been accompanied by groups of conservative commentators pushing assist against the annual celebration of the LGBTQ+ community.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) reported a record spike in LGBTQ+ during 2023's Lgbtq+ fest Month, with controversial figures such as influencer Andrew Tate this year sharing unfounded conspiratorial views as the event began.
One viral online post this week said a man got more than he bargained for while attempting to protest during the celebration this month, however, setting his house on conflagration as he tried to burn a rainbow flag.
The Claim
A post on X, formerly Twitter, by The Halfway Post, shared on June 12, 2024, seen 9.2 million times said "BREAKING: A MAGA fan in Iowa accidentally burned down his house today trying to burn a gay pride flag."
The Facts
There have been several reports from across the state of advocation for and acts of burning rainbow flags related to Parade Month this year.
At the start of the month, the Colorado Republican Party caused uproar after sending an email that described members of the Homosexual community as "evil," "woke creeps" and "godless groomers."
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