An Illinois high school student was placed in a juvenile detention center earlier this week after assaulting a fellow student for bringing a rainbow Pride flag to school. The assault occurred last Thursday at Southwestern High School in the downstate community of Piasa, Illinois, during what school officials referred to as a “flag-themed” day. A 17-year-old student brought in a rainbow Pride flag, which prompted another student to tell him to get rid of it. “You wear a gay Pride flag to school and you don’t expect people to do anything? The student wrote: “Some gay kid brought a gay pride flag in and some kid beat the [expletive] out of him,” followed by two laughing emojis.

Source: MetroXpress October 06, 2021 20:42 UTC