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ISSUE 319 | JANUARY, 2021
Moutsos targets LGBTQ, BLM flags in Rose Park school You might remember the name Eric Moutsos as being the Salt Lake City Police Department motorcycle officer who resigned from his position rather than participate in the Utah Pride Parade in 2015. Today, he is an ardent Trump supporter and runs protests against masks, quarantine measures, and the recently distributed Coronavirus vaccine. He also is against anything to do with the Black Lives Matters movement and having rainbow flags in Utah schools. “These flags are flying at Rose Park Elementary School in SLC, Utah,” Moutsos wrote on his Facebook wall alongside photos of a rainbow flag and a Black
Lives Matters flag. “I called the Principal, Nicole OBrien, and spoke to her for about 10 minutes just now. Yes it’s true. I had a decent conversation about the consequences of the flags. I tried to show her where this road leads. I explained to her as a former Salt Lake City Police officer, flying these flags for little kids is very divisive and dangerous for those who disagree with the messages politically or religiously. And the kids do not need this in school of all places.” OBrien, he says, replied that “we represent all people,” and “This is a safe space.”
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Moutsos asked OBrien if he could bring “a straight pride flag, or a Christian flag with a cross, or a [sic] All Lives Matter flag.” “What about a Blue Lives Matter flag? Would a police officers [sic] child feel safe walking under a flag which organization chants ‘F the police’ ?? How inclusive is this really? Don’t All Lives Matter? Or just certain lives?” he continued. Moutsos said that the principal sounded like a nice person and encouraged his ultra-conservative followers to contact her directly. He said he would continue
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