LGBTQ Youth Center Officials Outraged by Persistent Fecal Vandalism

Persistent Vandalism at LGBTQ Youth Center

• 🎯 An LGBTQ youth center in Los Angeles has been the target of ongoing, bizarre vandalism for months.
• 💩 The vandalism involves bags of dog feces being thrown at the building, accumulating over time.

Investigation and Challenges

• 📹 Surveillance video has captured an individual allegedly throwing the feces at the center.
• 🔍 Police are investigating whether the incidents amount to a hate crime, but currently, the acts do not meet the threshold for criminal prosecution.
• ⚖️ Since the feces are bagged, it is legally considered littering, not a hate crime, unless there is substantial evidence of anti-LGBTQ sentiment online or on the property.

Center's Response and Demands

• 😠 Leaders at the Latino Equality Alliance, which operates the center, are frustrated and tired of the harassment.
• 🗣️ They have requested that the individual come forward, take responsibility, offer an apology, and engage in a constructive conversation.
• 📞 The center has made contact with the subject and is awaiting a call to understand their mindset and motivations.