“I want your own brief summary of why people are so hateful and why people lash out against the gay community,” Judge Scott Suskauer said.
The mural on an intersection in Delray Beach was unveiled on June 12, 2021, the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting. Two days later, Jerich was captured in a cellphone video approaching the intersection around 8 p.m. in his white Chevy pickup truck with a Donald Trump flag hanging on the back.
On June 15, a man contacted the Delray Beach Police Department and said he had witnessed the vandalism and recorded the incident on his phone. The witness also said he heard someone shout at the man in the Chevy to “tear up that gay intersection.” The vandalism caused an uproar in the South Florida community. In a victim impact statement, Rand Hoch, president of Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, wrote that the intersection was meant to make people feel “proud, safe and welcomed in Delray Beach. Now we feel angry, threatened and vulnerable.” He implored the judge to sentence Jerich to prison.
Prosecutors have requested that the judge sentence Jerich to 30 days in jail and five years of probation.Jerich cried during the hearing on Thursday and apologized for the vandalism, according to the Palm Beach Post, but he did not explain his actions.
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