Boise Rallies Around Couple After Pride Flag Burned
A progress Pride flag was burned at the home of a male couple in Boise, Idaho, after one flag had been stolen and another vandalized earlier.The flag was burned October 4 at the home of married couple John Michael Schert and Brett Perry, the Idaho Statesman reports.
They didn’t report the other incidents to police but decided to report this one.“We reported this incident because burning feels like so much of an escalation,” Schert told the Statesman. “It’s quite dangerous, and our house could have caught on fire.
This feels much more hateful — someone knowing how to cover your camera and then defacing your flag on your property. That feels aggressive and it feels scary because they knew what they were doing.”The men live in Boise’s North End, an area known for progressive politics in a largely conservative state.
Schert said it seems people are coming to the neighborhood with the intent of destroying property. Police have received reports of seven stolen or defaced Pride flags in the area this year.
