Several teens are facing years in prison after they were caught on surveillance footage vandalizing Pride flags at a rainbow crosswalk in Atlanta.

According to The Associated Press

Atlanta police said Tuesday that three men and a juvenile could face hate crimes charges after they pulled down LGBTQ pride flags and cut them up at an intersection known as the center of the city's LGBTQ community.

Police say they got calls at 1:40 a.m. Tuesday morning that six males were causing a disturbance near the corner of Piedmont Avenue and 10th Street, an intersection in the city's Midtown neighborhood that is painted with rainbow crosswalks to honor its importance in Atlanta's LGBTQ community.

The men coordinated their plan and drove to Atlanta from their locations northwest of the city, police said. Officers are still looking for two of the six people who they believe took part.

According to AJC, “Four people were shot outside a Jonesboro church Monday evening following a basketball game, authorities said.” But you didn’t hear about that—because apparently, it’s nothing compared to this so-called politically incorrect crime. While you’d think authorities would have more important things to focus on than going after teens who were arguably doing the public a service (and to be clear, I don’t condone criminal activity), this is where they’ve chosen to spend their time and resources.

I thought progressives were against prosecuting youth—something about needing to get to the “root cause” of the issue, or whatever happened to that?

Two 18-year-olds and a 17-year-old from Dallas, Georgia, were taken into custody, in addition to a 16-year-old from Taylorsville. Police said all four were also charged with obstruction, criminal damage to property, conspiracy, and prowling. Georgia is one of three states where 17-year-old criminal suspects are automatically charged as adults.

Police said they have also cited the 16-year-old's father for failing to supervise his son.

Incredible. They even went after the father for not raising his kid to bow to the rainbow mob. You truly can’t make up that level of absurdity. And like I said, while we’re not here to condone vandalism, criminal behavior, or whatever this is supposed to be, these kids are innocent until proven guilty. And honestly, something tells me they are.

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