A 19-year-old college student who defaced a pro-police “back the blue” sign has been charged with a hate crime in Utah, United States.
The teenager, identified as Lauren Gibson, was part of a caravan last week when one of her friends got pulled over by police, as per The Daily Beast on July 12.
Gibson said the officer was aggressive and wrote her friend a ticket for speeding, which prompted her to take the rusted pro-police sign she and her friends found on the side of the road.
After the officer was done writing the ticket, Gibson reportedly waved the sign at the cop and then stomped on it.
Gibson is also accused of crumpling it up “in a destructive manner” and throwing …
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