NEW YORK -- The Stonewall National Monument, an iconic LGBTQ landmark in New York City, has been vandalized less than two weeks into Pride Month . Police said an unidentified male suspect destroyed the gay pride flags at the monument in Greenwich Village at around 8 p.m. Thursday. 'It only strengthens our resolve to fight back,' said New York City Council Member Erik Bottcher.
It's true,' said Bottcher. Bottcher said he alerted police about the vandalism Friday morning and that he has been in touch with the National Parks Service. 'It's distressing' 'It's distressing that people would vandalize the monument. But it's New York, and so we have lots of people who disagree, and unfortunately this is how they express it sometimes,' said Peter Larose, a Greenwich Village resident. 'Come on, I think we need to evolve.
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