Rainbow flags set on fire outside New York City LGBTQ bar on eve of Pride Month

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Two rainbow flags were set ablaze outside an LGBTQ bar in NYC just as Pride Month festivities were set to get underway, police say.

"This was a despicable and cowardly act made worse by the fact that it happened on the eve of Pride month," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.June 2, 2019, 3:29 AM UTCTwo rainbow flags were set ablaze outside a New York City LGBTQ bar just as Pride Month festivities were set to get underway, police toldIt happened just after midnight Friday on the eve of June's Pride Month, which started Saturday, police said.

,"I am disgusted by the burning of a Pride flag outside an LGBTQ bar in Harlem early yesterday morning." "This was a despicable and cowardly act made worse by the fact that it happened on the eve of Pride month," Cuomo said in a statement that accompanied his tweet.

 

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The left be just fine if they set two American flags on fire however...

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I don’t believe in burning flags.

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