Salt Lake City police are investigating after a series of pride flags in a local neighborhood were cut down from people’s homes and burned early Monday.
Officers were first called to a home near 850 S. Washington St. after a homeowner reported that their pride flag had been cut down and burned, police said.
Salt Lake City police are asking the public to help identify the person or people responsible. They’re also asking anyone who lives in the area, near 300 West and 3300 South, to check home surveillance or doorbell cameras to see if they documented the perpetrator.“The Salt Lake City Police Department educates its officers and works with our community to recognize, and condemn, hate crimes and works to prevent them from occurring in the future,” police said in a news release.
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