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Man burns pride flags hanging from Columbia University: NYPD
NY1 ^ | JUN. 09, 2022 | SPECTRUM NEWS STAFF

Posted on 06/12/2022 10:29:35 AM PDT by csvset

NEW YORK – An unidentified man burned pride flags hanging in front of a Columbia University building Tuesday, police said.

The incident occurred at 8:20 p.m. Tuesday in front of 2910 Broadway at Columbia University, police said.

Police say surveillance video shows the individual approached a banner with multiple pride flags hanging from the college and lit them on fire before fleeing in an unknown direction.

In a statement, Columbia University said the school sent out an alert to their campus community stating that public safety was notified by an affiliate that two LGBTQIA+ flags were discovered removed and damaged in front of Hogan Hall. The university added that this case is being investigated by the Hate Crime Task Force.

The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made.

Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the man, whom they describe as 30 to 40 years old, dark-skinned and bearded, and wearing a black sweatshirt with red strips across the chest and arms, and dark pants with multi-color sneakers.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: New York
KEYWORDS: coeurdalene; columbia; fbi; fire; flag; idaho; patriotfront; pride
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Dusky skinned fire bug.

1 posted on 06/12/2022 10:29:35 AM PDT by csvset
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To: csvset

Thought they were some African Country’s flag ?


2 posted on 06/12/2022 10:31:18 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: csvset

If that’s a hate crime, then so is knocking over statues of famous individuals.


3 posted on 06/12/2022 10:31:58 AM PDT by I want the USA back (To get the USA back - we have to recover from the current wave of insanity.)
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To: butlerweave

Cultural appropriation.


4 posted on 06/12/2022 10:32:14 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: csvset

Freedom of speech!


5 posted on 06/12/2022 10:32:51 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
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To: csvset

“Pride” in what?


6 posted on 06/12/2022 10:33:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: I want the USA back

Yep.


7 posted on 06/12/2022 10:33:46 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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Protected speech, a-holes. Deal with it.


8 posted on 06/12/2022 10:33:50 AM PDT by skeeter
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Screwing another guy’s ass. That’s about it.

Real accomplishment there to be proud of.


9 posted on 06/12/2022 10:34:11 AM PDT by Houserino
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To: csvset

Wow, this is a tough situation.

We know that burning a homosexual flag is a crime against humanity nowadays. But the perpetrator is also a member of a protected class? How do the liberals sort this out?


10 posted on 06/12/2022 10:34:15 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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We know that burning a homosexual flag is a crime against humanity nowadays. But the perpetrator is also a member of a protected class? How do the liberals sort this out?

That's an easy one. Trump's fault.

11 posted on 06/12/2022 10:35:20 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: csvset

anal sex is nothing to be proud of


12 posted on 06/12/2022 10:35:44 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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That’s a shame.


13 posted on 06/12/2022 10:37:28 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.)
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Oh, how can the MSM cover this one?

Oppressed black man, possibly “homeless,” maybe even of a diverse mideast religious background, goes into blindly woke snowflake encampment (Columbia), in the heart of woke NY City and burns gay symbol.


14 posted on 06/12/2022 10:37:51 AM PDT by PGR88
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As long as it okay to burn the American flag ...


15 posted on 06/12/2022 10:39:08 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: Houserino

Plus, you win a monkey pox parting gift.


16 posted on 06/12/2022 10:41:08 AM PDT by Walrus (I do not consent)
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To: csvset

17 posted on 06/12/2022 10:43:09 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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Pride fatigue


18 posted on 06/12/2022 10:44:26 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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Probably he’s from Kuwait. They filed formal protests at the US Embassy there over their pro gay tweets and flags.


19 posted on 06/12/2022 10:45:05 AM PDT by Loud Mime ("The Real Constitution and its Real Enemies" now available on Amazon. Check it out!)
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“It’s just a piece of cloth.” Remember that one?


20 posted on 06/12/2022 10:46:52 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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