"And if they try to take it down again we'll put another one up," Nash said.Ĭarrollton police ask anyone with information in the investigation to contact them right away at 97. "We found out at about 8 o'clock, and by 12 had a new one up," he said. Maguire said they personally wasted no time getting their pride flying again, by going straight from filing the police report Thursday to purchase a new flag. Maguire and Nash said the outpouring of support from their neighbors has been the one positive to come out of the situation, with people actively helping them search for evidence and some even hanging rainbow flags in front of their own homes in solidarity. mail, the crime could potentially qualify as a hate crime, a federal offense – though detectives are still early in their investigation at this point. "It was absolute hate, and they meant to do it."Ĭarrollton police representative Jolene DeVito said Friday that the department is looking for other neighbors in the area who may have caught better images of the crime and the person responsible.ĭeVito said that with all of the factors in the investigation, including arson and the involvement of the U.S. "It was actually a target at us," Maguire said. Maguire and Nash, who have lived in the area for about two years, say they believe the crime was a clear act of hate. ‘We Share Their Pain,' Uvalde Shooting Brings Back Memories of Previous Massacres for Some Other residents in the area believe they captured the same van, which they don't recognize, making multiple passes through their streets over about a 30-minute period. Neighbors with surveillance cameras discovered video that captured what looks like a light-colored van pulling up to the house, a person pulling the flag down and then the vehicle leaving briefly before returning a few minutes later so someone could set the fire. The flag sustained only a few burns because the perpetrators actually closed the mailbox after lighting the fire, and the flames quickly subsided due to lack of oxygen. Their next-door neighbor then discovered the remains of a fire in their open mailbox.Ĭarrollton police investigators discovered several pieces of burned mail inside, along with the flag, balled up and charred in the very back. Markus Maguire and his husband, Wilson Nash, awoke Thursday morning to find their flag missing, just a piece of the broken wooden poll still in its holder. someone ripped the couple's gay pride flag from the side of their home on Longwood Drive, stuffed it into their mailbox at curbside and lit it on fire using several neighbors' mail as kindling. Police say Thursday morning just before 3:30 a.m. It is not yet known whether any action will be taken against the boaters.A Carrollton couple believes hate was the motivation for an early morning crime that targeted their home, their mailbox and their rainbow pride flag. The players will have to put the red dye on the top, orange dye after that, then yellow, then lime, then blue, and finally purple dye in a top to bottom order to make the second Minecraft Pride Flag.
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The Grant County Sheriff's Office said in a statement on Facebook that they were investigating the incident and is in the process of interviewing the occupants of the boat that caught fire to find out what happened. Gay Pride Flag The players will have to first create a lime banner by using 1 stick and 6 lime wool on the crafting table. Sadly, it didn't seem like the boaters were humbled by their karmic experience because, according to the user, they did not even bother saying "thank you" or "sorry" to the family.
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He added that the person driving the boat "literally sh*t his pants and everyone saw when his shorts fell off in the water." Then fumes built up and when they tried to speed away, the fumes ignited." The Twitter user believes the caught fire "because they were driving around us so roughly, they either damaged their carburetor or took in water and stalled. The video is set to "Oh No," â a song dedicated to showcase epic fails on the platform. The people in the boat were reportedly hurt and burned and were screaming for help before they were rescued by the very people they harassed. The homophobic boaters are seen in the water appearing to swim towards the Twitter user's boat as their vessel is completely engulfed in flames. Moments later, the rude boaters' ride catches fire, forcing them to abandon the vessel. The video, which has been viewed more than 5 million times since being posted on Monday, shows a woman giving the LGBTQ-supporting family the finger.