Former Marine Charged With Pride Flag Hate Crime

The Associated Press reports:

A U.S. Naval Academy graduate ripped down a tattoo shop’s LGBTQ+ pride flag and put it in the trash, Annapolis police said in documents charging him with a hate crime.

Charlie Garrett, co-owner of the Dapper Dog Tattoo Shop, told police Friday morning that the store had been vandalized. He said it was the third time someone had removed the flag, which reads, “ABIDE NO HATRED.” In response, Garrett said he installed a security camera.

Closed-circuit video footage showed a man in a black puffer-style vest walking toward the store at approximately 1 a.m. Friday, police said, before he “forcefully ripped” the flag from above the shop’s awning. According to charging documents, the man was then seen putting it into a trash can.

CBS News reports:

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