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Teen Girl Charged With Hate Crime Enhancement After Allegedly Crumpling ‘Back The Blue’ Sign In Front Of Deputy

Charlotte Pence Bond
Teen Girl Charged With Hate Crime Enhancement After Allegedly Crumpling ‘Back The Blue’ Sign In Front Of Deputy
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A 19-year-old girl was charged with disorderly conduct and “criminal mischief” with a hate-crime enhancement after she allegedly crumpled a “back the blue” sign in front of a sheriff’s deputy.

As The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, “A sheriff’s deputy was wrapping up a routine traffic stop at a Utah gas station last week when he saw a teen take a ‘back the blue’ sign — which urged support for police officers — and stomp on it after her friend was pulled over.”

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