The County Attorney added the hate crimes charge because of what the rainbow-colored flag “represents as far as sexual orientation.” Martinez was found “guilty of third-degree arson in violation of individual rights - hate crime, third-degree harassment, and reckless use of fire as a habitual offender.” An Iowa man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after setting a local church’s LGBTQ flag on fire this past June.ģ0-year-old Adolfo Martinez, according to the Des Moines Register, was arrested after stealing a pride banner and later burning it outside a strip club.
