Elderly Jewish man confronts vandal for ripping down Trump flag. But the crook just comes back and destroys another one.
And the Trump flag hits just keep on coming.
Surveillance video caught a vandal ripping down a flag supporting President Donald Trump on Thursday night that had been hanging from a residential balcony in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, CrownHeights.Info reported.
The outlet said video caught the same person returning about an hour later to destroy a second Trump flag hanging from the same balcony.
What are the details?
Video shows the vandal wearing a dark-colored hoodie, gray pants, and a mask on the sidewalk in front of the balcony around 7:15 p.m. CrownHeights.info said he was taking photos of the residence before announcing himself as a delivery man and entering the building — but he wasn't let inside the apartment.
Then the vandal reached up and ripped down the first Trump flag hanging from the balcony.
Image source: YouTube screenshot
An elderly Jewish man was passing by and confronted the vandal, but the crook didn't appear concerned in the least.
Image source: YouTube screenshot
And when the man walked away, the vandal pulled out his phone and appeared to record video of him — and then he stomped on the Trump flag.
About an hour later, video shows the vandal coming back for more.
As two females sat on the steps next door, the vandal grabbed a long piece of wood with nails protruding from the end and used it to rip and tear at a second Trump flag hanging from the same balcony.
Image source: TheYeshivaWorld.com video screenshot
The females ran up the steps in apparent fear, and the vandal tossed the long piece of wood in apparent exultation after destroying the second Trump flag.
Image source: TheYeshivaWorld.com video screenshot
CrownHeights.info said the residence was targeted previously in an act of vandalism over its "Trump pride."
Here are the clips showing the separate acts of vandalism:
Trump 2020 Sign Vandalized In Crown Heights 10/15/20 Video 1youtu.be
Trump 2020 Sign Vandalized In Crown Heights 10/15/20 Video 2youtu.be
The hits just keep on coming
Pro-Trump flags and banners appear to be triggering all sorts of strange behavior of late as the presidential election draws closer:
- A Massachusetts mom earlier this month was punched through her SUV window by another woman who didn't like her Trump flags — all while the victim's daughter, 11, watched from the back seat.
- Anti-Trump vandals have been going to town in an Arizona neighborhood ripping up Trump signs and banners — but leaving alone signs for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
- And also earlier this month, a New Jersey public school teacher ordered a student to take down a flag supporting Trump that was hanging in his room — and was visible during an online class — or leave the virtual session.
- Police said a 60-year-old man told them he set fire to a pro-Trump flag in August — which was hanging from a home on his newspaper route — because he was "angry."