Utah students cheered while a classmate cut down a Pride flag
Students laughed and encouraged the sickening act, which occurred during Ridgeline High School s Diversity Week
A student cutting down the LGBTQ Pride flag at Ridgeline High School
A Utah high school has gone viral after students were filmed cheering at a classmate who cut down an LGBTQ Pride flag.
Students at Ridgeline High School in Millville, Utah, encouraged the student to remove the flag, which was hanging alongside flags from different nations in the school’s commons.
The Pride flag had been displayed as part of Ridgeline’s Diversity Week, ahead of a meeting of a number of area gay-straight alliances at the school, the
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Student Caught Cutting Down Pride Flag at School Causes Viral Controversy
On 4/14/21 at 4:42 PM EDT
Video of a teenager cutting down a high school s LGBTQ Pride flag has caused both local and national controversy after circulating online.
Footage of the incident on Tuesday shows a student at Ridgeline High School in Millville, Utah taking down the flag hanging from a balcony. In the video, which made its way to Reddit, students on the floor below can be heard loudly cheering as the flag hits the ground.
According to The Herald Journal, Ridgeline High School was celebrating its Diversity Week when the incident occurred. One anonymous student shared with the outlet that they felt attacked by the incident.