“I was just disturbed, disgusted - especially coming from someone I know, that they would actually do something that hateful and disgusting,” Kriech told KELO. “But I thought, ‘You know what? Let’s just do it.'”īut he says he never expected someone to go to the lengths Pesall allegedly went to, including allegedly stealing the flag. The man who claims it’s his flag, Troy Kriech, of Webster, says he wanted to put up a flag for Pride Month in June.Įven though he’s only experienced a few anti-gay incidents, he knew he was taking a risk and might receive negative comments from his neighbors. The public display of that type of thing is offensive to me,” Pesall said.
“Much like the uproar over tearing down war monuments the controversy over the confederate flag because they’re offensive.
