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Man Saw Pride Flag At Blaze Pizza & Flipped -- Used Homophobic Slur & Came Back Later With Friends To Assault Employees, Say Cops

California Man Arrested For Tearing Down Pride Flag At Pizza Shop & Assaulting Employees In Anger!

An 18-year-old man in California is facing hate crime charges after allegedly throwing a fit after seeing a Pride flag at a pizza place.

According to the Placer County District Attorney’s Office, a man named Igor Dragun entered a Blaze Pizza establishment in the city of Roseville, California — which is near Sacramento — to pick up a pizza order back on September 19. While there, according to KCRA News and others, Dragun saw a Pride flag displayed in the restaurant. He allegedly became enraged at the sight, ripped it off the wall, and threw it on the ground. WTF?!?!

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Then, before leaving, he allegedly confronted the manager and another employee. And as if that weren’t bad enough, he also reportedly used a homophobic slur before exiting, per ABC 10 and CBS 13 in Sacramento.

And even that wasn’t the end of it!! Per cops, Dragun allegedly showed back up at the restaurant not long after with two more people by his side. There, the three of them reportedly began to assault at least two Blaze Pizza employees.

One of the employees sustained facial injuries in the attack, per cops. Cell phone video footage handed over to cops appeared to show multiple people engaged in a wild brawl at the establishment. They never even knew who he was.

Well, Dragun was finally identified by cops and arrested on Wednesday. He has been charged with assault and two other crimes — along with hate crime enhancements as this was clearly motivated by LGBT hate. He is currently being held on $150,000 bond, and is next due in court on October 17. Cops are still looking for the other two suspects involved.

You can see more on this shocking situation (below):

This may seem like psychotic behavior, and it kind of is. But it’s also — unfortunately — the natural result of what we’ve been warning readers about for years now. In these culture wars, bad faith actors have been demonizing the LGBT community, calling members “groomers” and saying children need to be protected from gays and drag queens and trans people. When you paint with this hateful brush, is it any wonder those listening just start to see red? When you equate Pride with pedophilia, child trafficking, any number of evil acts, just because of your homophobia? Sadly this kind of violent outburst isn’t a surprise anymore. Just a sad reminder.

 

To learn more about how you can help the LGBTQ+ community, check out https://www.glaad.org/.

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Oct 04, 2024 15:40pm PDT