“Looking at the video, whether if it was intended as a joke or as a serious and broad threat against LGBTQ individuals, it’s still a reprehensible act. ”We are having police look at it to ensure that there is no criminal implications,” spokesman Ben Horsley told ABC News in an interview on Tuesday. The Granite School District, of which Kearns High is a part, said it’s investigating the incident and that two players were involved, including a 15-year-old incoming freshman. Someone in the video is heard saying “all gays die.”Īnother player reposted the video before it came to the attention of administrators and athletics staff. “It’s potentially a hate crime, so it sickens me.”Ī player posted a video on Snapchat last week where someone lights an LGBTQ Pride flag on fire and laughs.
“There’s no place for that in our program at all, and it won’t be tolerated,” Matt Rickards, head coach of the Kearns High School team told a local TV station. A Utah high school football coach suspended two players who burned an LGBTQ Pride flag on social media, with one heard to say “all gays die.”
