With files from CTV News Toronto’s Abby Neufeld. Burning the rainbow flag means that you hate the LGBTQXYZ (trying to be inclusive here) community. The best reason that I have heard, Max answered before me. 1233 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Answer (1 of 7): There are many reasons for this, none of them make especially good sense. “As a learning community, we are committed to increasing our individual and collective skills and understanding to clearly confront racist acts and to ensure our school environment is safe and aligns with PDSB’s values of educating our learners through an anti-racist, anti-oppressive lens,” he added.Īnyone with information is asked to contact police at (905) 453-2121, ext. Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames last month was found guilty of a hate crime. “I am truly sorry for the harm caused by this incident,” Mcleod wrote. DES MOINES, Iowa An Iowa man was sentenced to about 16 years in prison after he set fire to a church LGBTQ flag in June. 30-year-old Adolfo Martinez, according to the Des Moines Register, was arrested after stealing a pride banner and later burning it outside a strip club. In a letter to CPSS families, principal Tyler Mcleod said that the involved students sent the video to fellow 2SLGBTQIA+ students. An Iowa man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after setting a local church’s LGBTQ flag on fire this past June. The identities of the youths will not be released as they are protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.īoth of the teens have been referred to the Youth Pre-Charge Diversion Program.Īfter the video surfaced online, the Peel District School Board (PDSB) also launched an investigation. On June 17, police arrested two 16-year-old male youths from Mississauga in connection with the incident. Also stealing a flag is not a hate crime that’s petty theft. Since he burned a flag owned by someone else it’s vandalism.
Police said the flag burning is considered a hate-motivated incident. northny said: If the person had purchased and burned a rainbow flag that he owned it would be free speech. It is alleged that the involved individuals are students at Cawthra Park Secondary School (CPSS) in Mississauga. On June 8, police received a report of a video showing a rainbow Pride flag burning on the ground while people were laughing in the background. Two teenage boys from Mississauga have been arrested after a video of a burning Pride flag surfaced on social media, Peel police say.