An LGBTQ+ Pride flag was burned at an elementary school in Southern California this month ahead of a Pride event. Police are now investigating it as a possible hate crime. Someone broke into Saticoy Elementary School in North Hollywood during the weekend that preceded May 22 and burned the flag. Alan Hamilton, a deputy chief with the police department's Valley Bureau, said that the Pride flag was in a potted plant. There was a small potted plant that was set on fire on the campus and the plant had a small (4 x 6 inch) PRIDE flag inside the potted plant container, both the plant and the flag were destroyed by the fire. Renato Lira, the director of the San Fernando Valley LGBTQ+ Center, said that a Pride Day assembly at the school is scheduled for Friday and that the organization is working with the school and Los Angeles police to make sure students are going to be safe going to school and when they’re leaving the campus. June is Pride Month, dedicated to recognizing the accomplishments of and historical discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.
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