Pride Flag burned at California elementary school ahead of Pride event
An LGBTQ flag was burned at an elementary school in California earlier 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, according to the Los Angeles Unified School District. A spokesperson for Los Angeles Police said Wednesday the incident is being investigated as a “vandalism hate crime.” Alan Hamilton, a deputy chief with the LAPD’s Valley Bureau, said in a statement Wednesday that the Pride flag was in a potted […]