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.
Dusky skinned fire bug.
Thought they were some African Country’s flag ?
If that’s a hate crime, then so is knocking over statues of famous individuals.
Cultural appropriation.
Freedom of speech!
“Pride” in what?
Yep.
Protected speech, a-holes. Deal with it.
Screwing another guy’s ass. That’s about it.
Real accomplishment there to be proud of.
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?
That's an easy one. Trump's fault.
anal sex is nothing to be proud of
That’s a shame.
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.
As long as it okay to burn the American flag ...
Plus, you win a monkey pox parting gift.
Pride fatigue
Probably he’s from Kuwait. They filed formal protests at the US Embassy there over their pro gay tweets and flags.
“It’s just a piece of cloth.” Remember that one?
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