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San Luis Obispo police investigating alleged hate crime

July 24, 2024

By KAREN VELIE

The San Luis Obispo Police Department investigated a series of suspicious incidents in downtown locations as possible hate crimes on Wednesday.

In each incident, an adult male is caught on surveillance cameras affixing burned items to doors or draping them across doorway thresholds. The items consist of burned political signs, LBGTQ flags and Ukraine flags.

The signs and flags also had religious statements written on them.

The male did not light the items on fire at the businesses, thus, arson is not suspected.

The police department had a similar report of items left at a business in June of this year on the 900 block of Monterey. The surveillance footage captured during the June incident shows a male subject who appears to be the same person captured on surveillance today.

In both videos, the male is wearing shorts and a T-shirt with a noticeable full white beard.

Investigators are asking anyone with information on the identity of the suspect to contact the on-duty watch commander at (805) 781-7312 and reference case 240724011.

 


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well gee…. at least he didn’t spray paint “hamas” on the door.


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What commentors seem to be missing so far is the fact that although the materials burned may have belonged to the perpetrator, it is not the littering of the doorways that is the issue, but rather the implied threat of arson against individuals associated with the items and what they represent.


I lived in the south for over a decade, and such a threat made against a business or individual could often be followed up by actions against them by various hate groups. I wish our county were above such behavior, but would you want to bet your own safety that this is an idle threat?


One should always involve LE when such an incident occurs. That is what we pay for. They cannot prevent tragedy if we do not involve them when that is possible. At this point, it is a simple investigation, with possibly an intervention. I’m sure that is what LE would prefer it to be.


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I wonder what commenters here would say if he burned an American flag? Trump wants one-year in jail as punishment for that.


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That’s the most anti American thing you can do. People died, face down in mud while their families back home wept. It was so AMERICANS can be free to do things EVEN IF YOU WOULDN’T do it or hated what they were doing. The TALIBAN doesn’t allow even mocking of Allah. Is that what you want America to be?


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