More than 75 small pride flags were stolen from downtown Willow Glen in San Jose.
Local real estate agent Holly Barr places the flags in buckets along Lincoln Avenue every June for Pride Month.In the past, many of the rainbow flags have been stolen and this year is no exception.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
While some suspect anti-LGBTQ sentiment behind the thefts, some in the community say people probably just want to take them home. "I've lived here for 30 years and I haven't had any indication that anyone would have bad feelings toward the LGBT community, so I'm assuming they just wanted it to have it,” said resident Michael Saunders.This article tagged under:
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