After disturbing arson attempt, this Pride flag is flying higher and gayer than ever
The entire incident was caught clearly on camera and uploaded to social media by openly gay City Council member Erik Bottcher:Hate in SoHo: Last night this person set fire to the pride flag hanging outside Little Prince restaurant, causing the front of the restaurant to go up in flames.
Anyone with info on this should call the Crime Stoppers tip line at 800-577-TIPS. At 11AM we will re-hang the flag. pic.twitter.com/ydlXKGBJB1Openly gay NYC Councilmember Eric Bottcher filmed a protest against a drag queen story hour in Chelsea.
The restaurant had closed well before her arrival around 1:30 AM, but an employee, Stu Matz, was still inside cleaning at the time.
He can be seen at the end of the video coming out and finding the fire.“It’s always been a nice, comforting thing to everyone in this neighborhood because it means it’s diverse and open,” he tells CBS of the flag. “The fact that someone would burn that down is horrific.”In addition to Matz, the arsonist’s careless action could have put the lives of the many people living above the restaurant at risk.The flames even spread to the apartment of one of the tenants above, Samira Qureshi.
