New York police say they have arrested the man responsible for burning three rainbow pride flags during two separate incidents outside a gay bar in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan.
outside a gay bar in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan.
That wasn't the first time the popular gay bar's property had been destroyed. On May 31, a man was caught on camera setting fire to two pride flags outside the same bar.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had directed the state police hate crimes unit to assist the NYPD in its investigation.
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