Man Charged In Threat To Burn/Shoot Mall’s Pride Flag

Mass Live reports:

Hingham police arrested and charged a man who they said made phone calls threatening to shoot down and burn a Pride flag outside the Derby Street Shoppes on Thursday.

Gage Scammell, 29 of Weymouth, was charged with interference with civil rights, use or presence of deadly weapons and threatening to commit a crime, police said in a statement. He was arranged at Hingham District Court.

Scammell left a voicemail to the shopping center’s management saying he was going to come to the mall, shoot the flag down with a rifle and burn it if it was not taken down in three days, police said. He also was said by police to have made “disparaging statements regarding the Jewish faith.”

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Police claim the 29-year-old threatened to shoot down the Pride flag and burn it. https://t.co/AfbQ72Jqwv

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