
LGBTQ Pride Month flags vandalized near Stonewall National Monument, police say
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Flags dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month were vandalized this week in New York City, according to the city’s police department.
Flags dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month were vandalized this week in New York City, according to the city’s police department. The colorful flags near the Stonewall National Monument, located in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood and dedicated to a turning point in the modern LGBTQ civil rights movement, were removed and damaged sometime on Thursday night, the New York City Police Department said in a statement to CNN. Authorities received a report early Friday, shortly before 8 a.m. ET about flags missing from the park where the monument is located. A preliminary investigation found an unidentified person had removed and destroyed 160 flags in the area around 8 p.m. Thursday, according to police. “The individual then fled the location to parts unknown,” the statement said. There were no injuries reported and authorities have not made any arrests. The investigation is ongoing, the police department said Friday evening.

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