Pesall has denied stealing the flag and told KELO-TV he regrets posting the video. “In addition, with most crimes, it might be the cover up that is the most serious crime, and that is lying about aspects of the event,” he added. It’s a crime to steal it and it’s a crime to trespass on property to remove it.” Smeins said. “I don’t think there’s a crime itself in the burning of the flag. However, Day County State Attorney Danny Smeins has ruled them out, given that South Dakota’s hate crimes law doesn’t include LGBT people. Kriech is seeking hate crime charges against Pesall. Then someone else had managed to save the video.” I showed the cops the video before he deleted it. People are posting it and reporting it, just doggin’ him out and everything. Then the video blows up on Facebook on Saturday. There are still pieces of the flag hanging there. Kriech’s roommate in Webster, Cristy Brandt, told Forum News Service: “I called the cops. Kriech told KELO-TV: “I was just disturbed, disgusted–especially coming from someone I know, that they would actually do something that hateful and disgusting.” “Go home and cry to your fucking mommies about that, you 30-year-old living in the basement sons of a b–ches.” “Burn, burn, burn, you queer sons of a b–ches! Yeehaw!” Pesall says in a second video re-posted by Kriech, as he ignites the flag.
