Neighbors Respond After Gay Pride Flags Are Burned in Rochester

By Jordan Mazza

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Rainbow gay pride flags on two homes were burned this week in Rochester’s North Winton Village. 

“I was one of those people who was always thinking like, ‘Yeah, this stuff happens, but it’s not really anywhere near me,'" said Allyson Barruto of Rochester. "And then it happened around the corner from me, practically.”

The neighborhood responded Saturday by taking action.

The flag burnings sent shockwaves through this community. But now neighbors here are gathering together to show they’re not intimidated.

“It’s important for our community to stand together against people who would feel empowered by any events going on in our greater country or world to commit acts of violence that are motivated by hate," said Event Creator Mary Moore. "That’s not okay. Our community does not stand for that. And so we had to come together to send that message.”

Moore says she bought 120 flags but ran out in nine minutes. Community members of all stripes also brought or made their own.

"It doesn’t matter what their political affiliation’s been, Republican, Democrat," Bryce Miller of the North Winton Village Neighborhood Association said. "It doesn’t matter which race they are. Everyone’s come together, which is amazing.” 

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