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Watch popular content from the following creators: Xander(fitxander), KaraBiner (Kbwild)(kbwild), dirty little stinker(ryanscooter), guy(silverado.boy), Be strong. Vaccaro and Searle said the city’s police department gifted them with a new pride flag, along with a handwritten note in the wake of the incident - signaling that the city would stand in solidarity with them. Discover short videos related to burning the gay flag on TikTok. "If we look at the numbers that have been publicly reported by the FBI in terms of voluntary reporting from law enforcement, we’ve seen a rise of reported hate crimes by law enforcement in Vermont over the last couple of years."
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“There’s no question that nationally, cities, towns and states are receiving more reports and are connecting more investigations of reported hate crimes," said Julio Thompson, assistant to the Vermont attorney general, told the Burlington Free Press last week. Police are investigating a similar incident in Burlington, Vermont, where Christopher Vaccaro and Jimmie Searle, a gay couple, said a person torched a pride flag on their front porch earlier this month. The video surfaced during the heart of Pride Month and amid a rash of pride flag burnings and other hate-fueled crimes in major cities like New York City, pointing to a broader trend of increased hate crimes nationwide. Horsley said the high school and the community had been "dragged through the mud as part of this process," but said the incident does not reflect the community. So, there’s got to be consequences for that," he added. “We have one rule in our program and that is not to embarrass yourself, your family or your team and, obviously, that rule was broken. "It’s potentially a hate crime, so it sickens me." "There’s no place for that in our program at all, and it won’t be tolerated," Rickards, who took over the program seven years ago, told Salt Lake City Fox affiliate KSTU on Tuesday.
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Kearns High School's head football coach, Matt Rickards, called it a potential hate crime in an on-camera interview, but he did not say how the students should be penalized.
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