Ask yourself after reading this, if they didn't bury the lede in paragraph 5.

Quote:LGBTQ flag burned at California elementary school before Pride event
The incident occurred the weekend that preceded May 22 at Saticoy Elementary School in North Hollywood, the school district said.

By Antonio Planas and Colin Sheeley

An LGBTQ flag was burned at an elementary school in Southern California this month ahead of a Pride event, and police are investigating the incident as a hate crime, authorities said.

Someone broke into Saticoy Elementary School in North Hollywood during the weekend that preceded May 22 and burned the flag, the Los Angeles Unified School District said.

A Los Angeles police spokesperson said Wednesday the incident is being investigated as a "vandalism hate crime."

Alan Hamilton, a deputy chief with the police department's Valley Bureau, said in a statement Wednesday that the Pride flag was in a potted plant.

"There was a small potted plant that was set on fire on the campus and the plant had a small (4 x 6 inch) PRIDE flag inside the potted plant container. Both the plant and the flag were destroyed by the fire," he said.

"There are no suspects in custody at this time," Hamilton added.

Los Angeles School Police will provide additional patrols around the campus, the school system said in a statement.

The incident remains the subject of an “active investigation” by Los Angeles police, according to the school system.

Renato Lira, the director of the San Fernando Valley LGBTQ Center, said that a Pride Day assembly at the school is scheduled for Friday and that the organization is working with school and Los Angeles police to make sure students “are going to be safe going to school and when they’re leaving the campus.”

June is Pride Month, dedicated to recognizing the accomplishments of and historical discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

Lira also said: “We are really concerned. We wanted to make sure the kids are safe during the time they’re inside the school. We are working on this around the clock. We are keeping an eye on social, even communicating with the school district and the LAPD. We have meetings every day.”

NBC Los Angeles reported some parents plan to keep their children home from school Friday, the day of the Pride event.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news...-rcna87083

If they were going to over react, the least they could have done is call in the SWAT team to check if the perp was still around.

More justification for the "we're under attack and we don't feel safe" crowd.

But it’s quite ok to burn an American flag.

That's some 1930's Germany level reporting there.

muh f()ags ... sounds like another hot-ticket-hate-crime-for-muh-ambulance-chasers

fk'n tossers

I call false flag operation. Libs make up lots of crap like this.

(06-01-2023 07:33 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  But it’s quite ok to burn an American flag.

And a NAZI flag. Imagine that.

Jussie Smollett was seen in the area just prior to the fire starting. Just sayin'.

(06-01-2023 08:56 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  I call false flag operation. Libs make up lots of crap like this.

Exactly my thought. Liberals need to try harder on convincing people that right wingers are dangerous and need to be exterminated for the safety of the country.

Sodom and Gamorrah was destroyed by fire, so pretty appropriate.

Notice how these reporters who never wish to be questioned never have their stories open for comments? The first question I would have asked is why is it OK to burn an American flag but not an ornamental flag that has no official capacity attached to it?

(06-01-2023 08:56 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  I call false flag operation. Libs make up lots of crap like this.

This.

Remember Emory U in 2015 or whenever that was?

I member.

Fake news, yet again. Joosie Smolley is nodding and smiling somewhere.

I wonder what goes on at a Pride Day Assembly for elementary students

Get your kids out of public schools now!