Pesall apologized for his actions, telling KELO-TV, “It shouldn’t have been done the way it was done. “In addition, with most crimes, it might be the cover up that is the most serious crime, and that is lying about aspects of the event,” he added.
It’s a crime to steal it and it’s a crime to trespass on property to remove it,” Smeins said. “I don’t think there’s a crime itself in the burning of the flag. While Day County State Attorney Danny Smeins told KELO-TV that Kriech won’t be able to press any hate crime charges, Pesall might be facing other criminal charges.
Kriech sought to press hate crime charges against Pesall, but he might not be able to because South Dakota’s hate crime laws do not include the LGBTQ+ community. “I was just disturbed, disgusted–especially coming from someone I know, that they would actually do something that hateful and disgusting,” Kriech told KELO-TV. This is a hate crime and not getting away with it.”
You stole personal property and then did this. This is not okay and not getting away with it. Here’s part 2 hope everyone sees the kind of person you arePosted by Troy Kriech on Sunday, July 26, 2020Įven though the original video of Pesall burning the flag has been taken down, Kriech found a copy of it and posted it to Facebook with the caption: “You think cause you took it down that this just goes away, well it doesn’t.
