Tag: Albuquerque
Bikers who burned rubber on a rainbow crosswalk could face hate crime charges
Videos appeared online showing bikers defacing rainbow crosswalks in Albuquerque that were painted for Pride Month. The bikers burned rubber and left skid marks on the crosswalk. One of the bikers even popped a tire while vandalizing the crosswalk.
The city paid $30,000 to install the crosswalks this year, three times the cost of plain white crosswalks.
Related: Rainbow crosswalk vandalized with swastikas in gay village
“I can’t believe we can’t have anything nice,” resident Melvin Hanson told NBC4.
“To the vandals, I hope...
