A pair of Utah high school football players found themselves at the center of a police investigation after video surfaced of a player allegedly burning a pride flag while laughing and yelling"all gays die."
Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley said the district opened an independent investigation immediately and notified local police. It’s too early to say if either student will face criminal charges, but the district said it reserves the right take its own disciplinary actions. The Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake, which are investigating, did not return ABC News' request for comment.
Some people have called on the school to expel the students, while others urged the school to cancel its football program over the incident. “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. So, there’s got to be consequences for that," he added.
Must have been Muslims.
God don't like ugly!
These boys should face criminal charges. They need to learn a lesson.
I would do the Same thing pat him on the Back😇
Oh but it's all fine and dandy to burn the American Flag right
Please tell me they were expelled from school?
☹️☹️☹️🕯🕯🕯🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽. They are so young to know hate and how to hate. This is not American.
Oh.. I thought flag burning was socially acceptable.
I thought progressives said that burning flags was protected free speech?
Burning an American flag is free speech but burning a gay pride flag is not?
News Flash. Everyone Dies.
Ohh God
Real talk even though with the hate speech and I want people's opinions not people smart-ass comments is this and would this be a punishable crime I mean it has hate speech in it at points everything to hey but yet they burn the American flag as hatred towards the country..
So... Burning US flag = freedom of expression Burning LGBT flag = crime Why is this a real story? When did we start caring more about a sexual identity or preferences than our country?
Freedom of speech
Mormon hatred. Same as all religions. Thou shalt not love who you want because individual strangers reading a religious book of stories know better? Give me a break. WednesdayMotivation
As for the comments clearly they only know hate..as for the burning of the pride flag well that is covered under law that at no time is burning a flag a bad thing ..
Free speech or whatever you liberals yell when an American flag is burned.
When I was a child I acted like a child when I became a man I put away childish things
And suddenly the criminal media networks are against flag burning...
Gee, I wonder where they learned that from. 🙄 The Country is losing its mind, One fool at a time.
This person went to far but why are their gay pride flags flying anywhere at all. Im not flying a strait pride flag. Next will be reparations to all persecuted gays for the last 400 years
The way I see it, the laws are pretty much enforced hit and miss. You know, kind of like the midia covers stories.
Come out of the closet already embrace the hate
Make their Azzes sew a new flag from scratch
Please see 1st amendment.
Serves them right.
That’s typical self-hating, closeted behavior. Sad
Smh the hate has taken over so many life's.
If they didn't include the word die this wouldn't be all that big of a deal it would have just been freedom of speech just like it's considered when people burn the American flag
Don't they have the same free speech as those who burn the American flag?
That boy needs psychological help.
“found themselves at” 🤨
rule 1 when filming yourself torching a pride flag: leave the lens cap on
What crime was committed?
They have the right to free speech just like anyone else
Classic closet homos. Denial and misdirected hatred are all for insecurity. Poor things need to get a grip and accept that they love the smell of a dirty jockstrap. Accept, move on. Life is more peaceful.
Let’s start a go fund me and buy them more lighters
So who cares, let them burn it, free speech
Kids should be dealt with as kids.
Bad to burn pride flag. Good to burn USA National Flag
'All college offers canceled'
If they burnt an American flag and shouted 'death to America' the Dems and ACLU would be backing their free speech rights. Just more of the same selective hypocrisy.
It's not a legit flag anyways 🤦♂️
A pair of white Utah high school football players nonetheless!
So what it's free speech liberal s use that excuse all the time
Their parents must be so proud. Bet you one or both of them are gayer than a picnic basket. LeapFrog HideTheSalami
It's their right to burn it
Media: Burning American Flags = freedom of speech Burning Rainbow flag = arsonists that need to be jailed
Lol to funny...
People get away with burning the American Flag. All part of the Free Speech Show Folks.
When did society loose it's right to be anti-gay? Yes, there parameters that guide our behavior, but not everything is healthy and acceptable to everyone. Destruction of property and putting the public in danger of injury from fire is criminal,
Sorry, but burning a pride flag and the US flag is no different. It’s called Free Speech!
Hmmmmmm...hate crimes, bigotry and caucasian supremacist have RISEN to an all time high since this POTUS has been in office...but most will ignore it as THEY feel it doesn't bother them...this country was not built by caucasians alone.....
I dont see a problem with burning a piece of multi colored cloth.
This is not a law enforcement issue
If we can burn the American flag then it’s shouldn’t be an issue to burn the pride flag.
I WILL NOT LIVE IN A WORLD FILLED WITH THE HELL OF OTHER PEOPLES HATE . SUN DOGS ARE IN ESOTERICISM WITH ME .
Wait....if it's ok to burn the USA flag why is not ok to burn the gay flag?
What law was broken.
ALL THE MORE REASON FOR ME TO BYPASS THE HATE . GOD DEMANDS I DEPART FROM LOGIC FOR SPIRITUAL PURPOSE BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING LOGICAL ABOUT ANYTHING SPIRITUAL
What law was broken? Since when is it illegal to burn a flag especially not a American flag, what allegedly was said should be investigated BUT not as a hate crime but to educate our young making sure they know who gets the preferred treatment these days
Taking a break from racism headlines I see.
So it's ok 2 burn the American flag say kill all white people kill all police but this ya get a police investigation interesting.
THE FAG FLAG ISNT A AMERICAN FLAG .
They were fine burning the flag, it was the hatred of what they said that needs to be investigated.
You mean, a couple of guys did something?
Let me see someone, anyone, being investigated for burning the American Flag!
Good luck getting into college. Minimum wage is your future.
you can't burn a pride flag but you can burn an american flag?
There's no crime here. What's the problem with burning the pride flag? It's just a piece of cloth.
It worries me what is going to happen when they go to college. College athletes already hate the transgender . Student in Connecticut already got a lawyer about transgenders running with the women.
This would never happen at my kid's school. Ih, wait. No football team.
1) Free speech 2) Everyone dies. This isn't news.
To everyone posting about the fact that you can burn the American flag… I’m pretty sure the investigation is because of the comments made, not just the burning of the flag. The comments are what make it potentially threatening.
What it's ok for all these assholes to burn the American flag but as soon as someone burns this pride flag it's a problem? Are you frickin kidding Me? What is wrong with are country people ?
So it's illegal to burn a fag flag? hahahaha hahahahahahahaha
No?! 😵 Teenagers acting out against something being shoved down their throats?! Kids never rebel! 😂 Thank the media! Now you will see a lot more flag burning. Funny. We haven't seen the conservative Catholics or the Evangelists burning rainbow flags...but 'progressives' burn US
Dont run LBGT down the throat of every American.
Same folks in favor of protections to burn American Flag seeing this story:
I disagree with burning any flag, but its first amendment right. They're free to say what they want, but there will be social ramifications.
Oh!!! you can burn the American Flag all you want but Heaven forbids if you burn a pride flag you are under investigation. That just DOES NOT sound right. I’m a Veteran, I served in 3 campaigns, the American Flag will always fly high.
Yeah, but ABC don’t have a problem burning an American flag
Mormons maybe?
Once you mismanage the young brains, you will loose your potential as a nation in future.
It looks as if men (boys) who hate gays so much are very insecure about their own sexuality.
Some more Trump youth. I'm gonna enjoy seeing where these guys think they're going to end up going and having those schools/jobs type their names in just to find this. They're never leaving the backwoods trailers they were inbred in.
Tweets below are kind of stupid. Yes you can burn a flag. But the kid yelled “all gays die” while laughing. Not totally crazy for the police to investigate that. Especially since there’s been many warning signs for mass shooters/killers (Nickolas Cruz videos for example).
A liberal Court cannot force this bad behavior on society. This is only going to get worse.
If it's ok for Antifa, and liberals to burn the American flag under the auspices of free speech, why should it be any different for the rainbow flag. Can't have it both ways. If it's ok to burn one, it's ok to burn ALL. Rainbows deserve no special treatment!
Why is this being investigated as a hate crime by Police? What exactly is the legal standard to open up an investigation? When did burning your own flag become illegal?
Utah folks doing Utah things
IT'S NOT A REAL FLAG...JUST A PIECE OF CLOTH......NOT ILLEGAL
Police investigate this flag burning but not the United States Flag when people burn that Flag?
Hey those Utah teens didn't hurt anyone so what is all the fuss about?😄👍
Maybe they were railing against its original meaning.That God wouldn’t flood the earth again.Gays can be so self centered.😂
student republicans
that flag is not a national symbol, so no charges can be brought
Well, they'll never get into Harvard, now.
You can disagree with their actions which I do but nothing illegal was done.
Too bad our GOP and USSupremeCourt consider this 'religious liberty.'. Hate is hate. Remember the KKK was a 'religious group '
I hope they get the help they need
But it's ok to burn the American flag and yell death to Americans.
'Found themselves at the center of a police investigation' is some strange passive wording. Why not just 'Police are investigating. . . '
Democrats prefer people who like to throw homosexuals off of buildings.
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