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Video surveillance footage showed three men attacking trans flags at the historic site during Pride month.


Officers with the New York Police Department arrested a Colorado man on Tuesday in connection with vandalizing multiple Pride flags at the Stonewall National Monument during Pride Month in June.

Patrick Murphy, 25, was charged with a hate crime and criminal mischief for the incident, which occurred just after 3 a.m. on Thursday, June 15, at the Stonewall National Monument in Christopher Park. Police say Murphy and two other men were captured on video removing and destroying several transgender flags that were part of a display featuring 60 different Pride flags hanging on a fence at the monument. Part of the fence was also destroyed in the attack.

NYPD officials told the Patch the two other men seen in the video have not been arrested.

It was the second time in three months that Pride flags were vandalized in Manhattan. In May, a man was arrested and charged with burglary, trespassing, and multiple hate crime counts for an incident at Buceo 95’s eatery on April 15. Police say Fred Innocent, 41, entered the eatery around 1 a.m., defecated on a Pride flag in front of patrons, then used a second Pride flag to wipe clean his backside.

Patch reported Innocent lives in supported housing for New York residents suffering from “serious mental illness” issues.

Christopher Park where the attack occurred is across the street from the location of the famed Stonewall Inn and the site of the 1969 Stonewall Riots. The Stonewall Inn and Christopher Park were designated national monuments in 2016.


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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (45 children)

Republicans won't be happy until it's open season on the streets for them to use their "second amendment rights" to hunt down every queer person they can.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

At this point you have to wonder wtf gay Republicans are thinking.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

I've wondered that for decades.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At this point you have to wonder why they're so obsessed with drag and gay people.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Nah. They do it because they need a minority group they can point fingers at to distract people from actually scrutinizing their policy.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

I still wonder how gay Republicans can exist.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Be fair. They won't be happy then either.

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[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

"What's your name punk?"

" Innocent "

"Don't give me that shit, I saw you do it! What's your name? "

"I swear I'm Innocent! "

[–] Staccato@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

If you got issues with LGBTQ+ folks, you probably shouldn't go to NYC to begin with.

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