A homeless man has been charged with several hate crimes for defecating on an LGBTQ+ Pride flag and wiping his behind with another at a Manhattan restaurant, according to the NYPD.
Fred Innocent, 45, walked into Buceo 95, a tapas bar on W. 95th St. and Broadway on the Upper West Side, on April 15 at about 10 a.m. as the day crew was setting up and grabbed two rainbow flags off of a table, cops said. He relieved himself on one of the banners, according to police, then cleaned himself with another.
“This was a total hate crime,” restaurant owner Courtney Barroll said after hearing of the arrest. “He came in within 15 minutes of us opening up the restaurant. He could have gone to Popeyes or McDonald’s around the corner. He could have used napkins.”
[The homeless can intimidate and assault people on public transportation all day long and progressives expect commuters to sit back and take it. They can crap in the streets and progressives fight against any efforts to institutionalize the offenders, even as cities like San Francisco turn into literal s***holes. But desecrate one of their activist banners, and suddenly progressives want them imprisoned for years. At least we know what and whom they really care about. — Ed]
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