Standish, Maine, resident Tim Goodwin’s Pride sign has been vandalized with spray paint and even cut apart with a chainsaw, reported WCSH TV-6’s News Center Maine.
And yet, “There are so many people that look at that sign and it gives them hope and it makes them feel like they’re a part of the community,” Haney told the Portland-based NBC affiliate.
And so the sign goes back up. Again and again.
According to News Center Maine:
Goodwin says the signs “have been spray-painted with Trump 2020, they’ve been blocked with Trump signs, there was an American flag stapled to it and yesterday it was chainsawed into thirds.”
The vandalism caught the eye of Laura Haney who was proud to see the sign displayed in her hometown.
“I didn’t know Tim until 5 days ago when I contacted him and offered to help him put the sign back up,” Haney said.
On Saturday, June 20, Haney and Goodwin were fixing the sign when Haney says they were confronted by a man walking out of the nearby general store.
“What that individual did was they approached me, put a hand on their gun at their waist, and pointed their finger at me, and said, ‘I want you *%$# out of my town,'” Haney said.
Goodwin says it’s a sad commentary on what the emotions are in the community.”
“You’d think this would be a noncontroversial topic at this point in our society,” said Goodwin.
“The hate is so deep right now and I won’t be bullied and I won’t be intimidated,” said Haney who filed a report with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office will turn the case over to the District Attorney’s Office once their investigation is complete, reports News Center Maine. According to Goodwin’s Facebook page, the local police also have leads on the person or persons responsible for the chainsaw vandalization as well.
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