With less than a month from the return of in-person LGBTQ+ Pride, after a gap of two years owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the staff of the Pride Community Center of North Central Florida, were alerted to vandalism at the center early Saturday morning. PCCNCF board member Debbie Lewis told Gainesville ABC News affiliate WCJB-20 that she received a call from a real estate office in the same complex about their building being vandalized. After getting this alert Lewis immediately reached out to PCCNCF Board vice-chair James Brown. Brown later talked to ABC 20, saying “Early today and in the pit of my stomach right now is it’s heartbreaking to see a building that we pour so much love and energy into. Being vandalized by people that were obviously targeting us because of the work we do here.” During the initial investigation by Gainesville Police, a message was discovered attached to a rock. That message is currently not being disclosed although a police spokesperson said that Gainesville Police Department is investigating the incident as a hate crime. Gainesville is home to the University of Florida and is a rare “blue island” in the red nature of North Florida and the Panhandle. PCCNCF board president Tamara Perry-Lunardo told local media outlets that the vandal or vandals will not detour their work in the community.
Terror In Gainesville As North Central Florida Pride Community Center Attacked And Vandalized
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