Video shows man ripping Pride flag off Queens home, stomping on it

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Friday, September 17, 2021
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Surveillance video shows the man tearing the flag off the home and then stomping on it in Queens.

FRESH MEADOWS, Queens (WABC) -- New video shows a person wanted for damaging a Pride flag displayed outside a house in Queens.

It happened on Tuesday, August 3 at 5:40 p.m. on 190th Street in Fresh Meadows.

In the surveillance video, the man tears the flag off of the home and stomps on it before taking off on a scooter.

The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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