Pride flags damaged at Hamilton home in suspected hate crimes

Hamilton police are investigating suspected hate crimes after two Pride flags were damaged at a home within a week.

Officers say an unknown suspect first forcibly removed a Pride flag from a vehicle at a home on Edgemont St. North causing damage to the flag in the early morning of June 12.

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The suspect is believed to have returned to the same home in the early morning Sunday and broke a front window containing another Pride flag.

While the investigation is ongoing, Hamilton police believe the incidents are hate-motivated.

Anyone with information about the incidents are asked to contact Det. Const. Gorrges at 905-546-2957or email ngorrges@hamiltonpolice.ca.

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