Three men are wanted for tearing down several Gay Pride flags outside the historic Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village over the weekend, cops said Monday.
The suspects were walking past the 7.7-acre national monument in Christopher Park around 3:10 a.m. Saturday when they began ripping off multiple LGBTQ+ rainbow flags that were displayed on a fence, police said.
Footage obtained by The Post — from a neighbor whose residence faces the park on Grove Street — shows the trio casually strolling down the block, snatching the flags off the fence one by one.
Another video released by the NYPD shows two of the men wearing white button-down shirts and light-colored pants, and the other clad in a black T-shirt and jeans as they walked away.
The crew then took off, heading east on Waverly Place, police said.
Police are still looking to track down the vandals, and confirmed that the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.
The vandalism took place during Pride Month, just weeks before the city’s Pride Parade that passes by the Stonewall National Monument each year.
The trio destroyed multiple LGBTQ+ Pride flags in front of the Stonewall National Monument early Saturday, cops said. NYPD
The incident is being investigated by the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force. Getty Images
The vandalism happened weeks before the city’s Pride Parade, set to pass the Stonewall National Monument. Getty ImagesThe monument was established as the 412th unit of the National Park System by President Barack Obama in 2016.
The six-day 1969 riots and protests against a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, located across the street from the park, sparked a turning point in the LGBTQ+ rights movement.
