Gay pride flag on fire2/9/2024 ![]() This article was originally published on NBCNews. Thirty-year-old Angelina Cando was arrested Tuesday on charges of arson, criminal mischief, and reckless endangerment, each of them as hate crimes, according to ABC 7. And in December, two people were arrested after a group of protesters vandalized Bottcher’s office and apartment building with graffiti containing homophobic slurs. A woman has been arrested after allegedly lighting a Pride flag on fire outside a Manhattan restaurant. A man was arrested in November after throwing bricks at the window of a Hell’s Kitchen gay bar several times within a matter of days. In April, a Brooklyn bar serving LGBTQ New Yorkers closed after an arson attack left the establishment unrecognizable. The incident at the Manhattan restaurant is among a slew of violent attacks against that LGBTQ establishments, figures or symbols in New York City within the year. Anyone with information about the individual that committed this crime should contact NYPD immediately.” ![]() New York state Attorney General Letitia James also addressed the incident on social media, writing on Twitter: “New York will not allow blatant acts of hate against our communities. NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher February 20, 2023 Screenshot from a video being shared on social media said to depict an Iranian man. The morning after a bigot set fire to the pride flag outside Little Prince restaurant in SoHo, we raised a new flag. Incident reportedly occurred during Friday al-Quds Day protests.
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