Starbucks customer accused of ripping down store’s Pride flag

The Brief

  • A 31-year-old Clearwater man has been arrested, accused of ripping down a Starbucks Pride flag.
  • Tucker Alden Kemp was arrested Wednesday morning for criminal mischief.
  • Kemp bonded out of jail six hours later.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla St. Petersburg police say 31-year-old Tucker Alden Kemp, of Clearwater, was arrested Wednesday morning for damaging the wall and Pride flag at the Starbucks on the 900 block of 4th Street.

The backstory:

According to the arrest affidavit, Kemp was offended by a Pride flag hanging on the wall of Starbucks and told the manager that the store should put up an American flag.

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